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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 bowling alley.
(c) A roller skating rink.
(d) A bookstore.

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

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

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

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

6. 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?
(a) In her banker's box.
(b) In her pillow.
(c) In her book.
(d) In her boot.

7. In what type of dwelling had the man, woman, boy, and girl first lived together?
(a) A house.
(b) A commune.
(c) An immigration detention facility.
(d) An apartment.

8. With whom does the woman share news of trouble in her marriage before the family leaves for the road trip?
(a) The boy and the girl.
(b) A couple of friends.
(c) Her mother.
(d) No one.

9. During the road trip, the girl develops an obsession with a book called "The Book with No" (99) what?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Swear words.
(c) Cover.
(d) Ending.

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

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

12. The woman states that in the past "six or seven months" (18) over how many undocumented children from Mexico and the Northern Triangle had been detained at the southern U.S. border?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 50,000.

13. In what state had the man and the woman first met?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Utah.
(c) New York.
(d) California.

14. What past tense verb does the woman use to indicate what happened to the girl's biological father?
(a) Died.
(b) Divorced.
(c) Committed.
(d) Disappeared.

15. The woman recalls that when she had been three months' pregnant with the girl, she had visited which of her family members in Chicago?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In answer to the boy's query, the woman says that "documenting just means to collect the present for" (102) what?

2. On the way to Lawton, the man and woman promise the boy and girl a visit to what location?

3. How many weeks have passed since the trip's beginning when Manuela calls the woman again?

4. The girl becomes obsessed with the fact that which historical figure had died after falling off his horse?

5. What animal does the boy hope will appear in the photograph he takes at the Baltimore aquarium?

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