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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What past tense verb does the woman use to describe the action she and the man had taken in relation to language for their long-term collaborative project?
(a) Sampled.
(b) Spoke.
(c) Heard.
(d) Transcribed.

6. How many archiving boxes does the family take with them on their road trip?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

7. The family is pulled over for what kind of traffic violation at one point early in their road trip?
(a) Jaywalking.
(b) Not stopping at a stop sign.
(c) Speeding.
(d) Running a red light.

8. Manuela reports to the woman that her two daughters have disappeared somewhere between two detention centers in what states?
(a) California and Arizona.
(b) Texas and Arizona.
(c) New Mexico and Arizona.
(d) New Mexico and Texas.

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

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

11. How are the boy and girl related to the man and the woman with whom they are traveling?
(a) The girl and boy are the biological children of the man.
(b) The girl and boy are the niece and nephew of the man and woman.
(c) The girl is the woman's biological daughter and the boy is the man's biological son.
(d) The girl and boy are the children of family friends.

12. The Bosavi people believe that the only sounds that constitute "the voice of memory and the resonance of ancestry" (98) are made by what creatures?
(a) Insects.
(b) Cats.
(c) Whales.
(d) Birds.

13. 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) Anna Karenina.
(b) The Bible.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) Paradise Lost.

14. At the time of the narrative's beginning, which character has just had a birthday the previous day?
(a) The wife.
(b) The boy.
(c) The girl.
(d) The husband.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman recalls that when she had been three months' pregnant with the girl, she had visited which of her family members in Chicago?

2. From what state does the family at the center of the narrative depart at the beginning of the novel?

3. Whose tomb does the family visit just outside of Lawton?

4. Each member of the family buys something when the family ventures into what kind of store during their road trip?

5. How old is the girl upon the narrative's opening?

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