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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the family ends up with the warrior name of Memphis?
(a) The woman.
(b) The man.
(c) The boy.
(d) The girl.

2. What animal does the boy hope will appear in the photograph he takes at the Baltimore aquarium?
(a) A turtle.
(b) A starfish.
(c) A fish.
(d) An octopus.

3. When the man and woman first got together, they had seized upon what form as a manifesto for their relationship?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Soundscape.
(c) Prose.
(d) Dance.

4. Which member of the family at the narrative's center identifies as a "documentarist" (98)?
(a) The girl.
(b) The man.
(c) The woman.
(d) The boy.

5. The girl becomes obsessed with the fact that which historical figure had died after falling off his horse?
(a) Chief Joseph.
(b) General Custer.
(c) Sitting Bull.
(d) Geronimo.

6. For how many years have the man and the woman at the center of the narrative known one another?
(a) 1 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 3 months.

7. Manuela originally asks the woman to help her prevent her daughters from what fate?
(a) From being physically abused.
(b) From being arrested.
(c) From being kidnapped.
(d) From being deported.

8. The vigil described by the woman had involved the attendees placing their hands on what object as they say the names of missing family members?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A wall.
(c) A curb.
(d) A bucket of water.

9. Which of the following actions is a frequent habit of the girl at the center of the story?
(a) She rarely speaks.
(b) She sucks her thumb.
(c) She rocks when anxious.
(d) She does not make eye contact.

10. To what kind of establishment does the woman walk the night she ends up in a flirtatious encounter with a stranger?
(a) A bar.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) A roller skating rink.
(d) A bowling alley.

11. What country is NOT considered a part of the Northern Triangle?
(a) El Salvador.
(b) Venezuela.
(c) Honduras.
(d) Guatemala.

12. Which member of the family at the narrative's center identifies as a "documentarian" (98)?
(a) The boy.
(b) The girl.
(c) The man.
(d) The woman.

13. The man and the woman had first met while working on a project involving which of the five senses?
(a) Touch.
(b) Sight.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Smell.

14. The woman's story about her parents traveling to India revolves around what object?
(a) A CD player.
(b) A turntable.
(c) A candle.
(d) A tape player.

15. How old is the girl upon the narrative's opening?
(a) 11.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of dwelling had the man, woman, boy, and girl first lived together?

2. When a flirtatious encounter results in the woman's possession of a man's phone number, where does she keep it during the rest of the trip?

3. As the family crosses Memphis, they play the song entitled "Graceland" by what musician?

4. Whose belief that the road trip is moving too slowly results in a quicker pace from then on?

5. The family is pulled over for what kind of traffic violation at one point early in their road trip?

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