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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The child refugee's interview on the radio reveals that La Bestia is what type of object?
(a) A train.
(b) A river.
(c) A plane.
(d) A boat.

2. Into what part of Manuela's daughters' dresses does their grandmother sew Manuela's phone number?
(a) The yokes.
(b) The collars.
(c) The sleeves.
(d) The linings.

3. The family expects a "godforsaken little town" (82) and are surprised by the reality when they arrive in what city?
(a) Albuquerque.
(b) Asheville.
(c) Tulsa.
(d) Tucson.

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

5. The child refugee's radio interview reveals that which of his family members had died along the journey to the United States?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His aunt.

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

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

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

9. The woman compares a documentarist to what other career position?
(a) A chemist.
(b) A librarian.
(c) A fortuneteller.
(d) A doctor.

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

11. Which member of the family gets the greatest number of allocated boxes for the trip?
(a) The woman.
(b) The girl.
(c) The man.
(d) The boy.

12. How many weeks have passed since the trip's beginning when Manuela calls the woman again?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

13. 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 book.
(b) In her boot.
(c) In her banker's box.
(d) In her pillow.

14. 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 father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her brother.

15. What word does the woman say is currently used as "a euphemism for 'deportation'" (132)?
(a) Regression.
(b) Repentance.
(c) Repast.
(d) Removal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The woman compares a documentarian to what other career position?

3. How old is the boy upon the narrative's opening?

4. What emotion does the woman say that the boy "normally represses" (37)?

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

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