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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Apacheria: "Dust Valleys" - Lost Children Archive: "Box IV" - "Box VII".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The woman reflects upon the fact that "it takes clarity of mind and humility of heart" to understand that children can read and understand what text?
(a) The Bible.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) Anna Karenina.
(d) Paradise Lost.

2. The woman remarks that while the man is driving, if she asks him what he is thinking about, he "usually" (156) replies with what word?
(a) Everything.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Sound.
(d) The kids.

3. The boy makes one final recording for the girl, saying that it is because he knows that what event will occur at sunrise?
(a) The woman and the girl will leave.
(b) The man will punish the boy and the girl.
(c) A thunderstorm will arrive.
(d) The whole family will head back toward New York City.

4. What term does a customer at the Dixie Cafe use to refer to the family at the center of the narrative?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Mexicans.
(c) Migrants.
(d) Brown.

5. After Manuela asks the woman to translate a series of documents, she asks her to meet with whom?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A congresswoman.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A coyote.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the family ends up with the warrior name of Swift Feather?

2. How many prickly pears do the boy and girl devour when they find them along their journey through the desert on their way to Echo Canyon?

3. Which plant named within the catalog of plant species greatly intrigues the girl?

4. What term does the boy use to describe the things he had "invented and perfected way before" (204) the family's road trip?

5. What is NOT one of the water tanks the boy plans to pass along his planned route to a particular canyon?

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