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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In answer to the boy's query, the woman says that "documenting just means to collect the present for" (102) what?
(a) The pleasure of organization.
(b) The future.
(c) Posterity.
(d) Later generations.

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

4. How old is the boy upon the narrative's opening?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

5. The woman tells the reader that the man no longer looks "very often" (43) at what part of her body?
(a) Her legs.
(b) Her waist.
(c) Her neck.
(d) Her eyes.

6. The immigration detention center in New Mexico to which Manuela's daughters are transferred had formerly been what kind of building?
(a) A Target.
(b) A Walmart.
(c) A strip mall.
(d) A library.

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

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

9. The woman realizes at one point that the boy and girl use the term "lost children" (74) to refer to whom?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Child refugees.
(d) Trafficked children.

10. 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 boot.
(c) In her book.
(d) In her pillow.

11. The boy and girl are said to listen to the man "most attentively" (44) when he talks about which historical figure?
(a) Chief Cochise.
(b) Geronimo.
(c) Sitting Bull.
(d) General Custer.

12. What emotion does the woman say that the boy "normally represses" (37)?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Enthusiasm.
(c) Anger.
(d) Boredom.

13. On the way to Lawton, the man and woman promise the boy and girl a visit to what location?
(a) An amusement park.
(b) A swimming pool.
(c) A basketball court.
(d) The UFO museum.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following actions is a frequent habit of the girl at the center of the story?

4. The family expects a "godforsaken little town" (82) and are surprised by the reality when they arrive in what city?

5. The woman's story about her parents traveling to India revolves around what object?

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