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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 Swift Feather?
(a) The woman.
(b) The man.
(c) The girl.
(d) The boy.

2. As the family crosses Memphis, they play the song entitled "Graceland" by what musician?
(a) Carlos Santana.
(b) Johnny Cash.
(c) Paul Simon.
(d) Sting.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What gift does the woman give to the boy on his birthday?
(a) A Swiss army knife.
(b) A Polaroid camera.
(c) A typewriter.
(d) A lomography camera.

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

10. The archival studies specialist to whom the woman turns for support is a professor at which university?
(a) Dartmouth.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

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

12. When the boy discovers that a Polaroid picture will not develop properly in the light, what object does he use to protect his photos?
(a) A box.
(b) A box of tissues.
(c) A paper bag.
(d) A book.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman muses at one point that what element, when "real and sustained" (82) is hard to achieve within marriage?

2. Into what part of Manuela's daughters' dresses does their grandmother sew Manuela's phone number?

3. To what kind of establishment does the woman walk the night she ends up in a flirtatious encounter with a stranger?

4. The man tells the woman one day that his new project will call for him to relocate "more permanently" (20) to what part of the United States?

5. After the man and woman are finished with their language project, the man takes on a project about what Native tribe?

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