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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Birds.
(b) Whales.
(c) Insects.
(d) Cats.

2. To what kind of establishment does the woman walk the night she ends up in a flirtatious encounter with a stranger?
(a) A roller skating rink.
(b) A bowling alley.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) A bar.

3. 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) Heard.
(b) Transcribed.
(c) Sampled.
(d) Spoke.

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

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

6. How many daughters does Manuela have?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

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) No one.
(c) A couple of friends.
(d) Her mother.

9. Toward what state does the family set out at the start of the narrative?
(a) California.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Idaho.
(d) Nevada.

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

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

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 paper bag.
(b) A box of tissues.
(c) A book.
(d) A box.

13. The woman muses at one point that what element, when "real and sustained" (82) is hard to achieve within marriage?
(a) Respect.
(b) Generosity.
(c) Affection.
(d) Cooperation.

14. 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) Paradise Lost.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) The Bible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years have the man and the woman at the center of the narrative known one another?

2. 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?

3. In what state had the man and the woman first met?

4. The family is pulled over for what kind of traffic violation at one point early in their road trip?

5. In what type of dwelling had the man, woman, boy, and girl first lived together?

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