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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 80,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 20,000.

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

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

4. 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.

5. About how many languages does the woman say are spoken in New York City?
(a) 500.
(b) 800.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 120.

6. Whenever the woman turns on the radio in the family car, the first line of what novel is heard before anything else?
(a) The Bean Trees.
(b) A Clockwork Orange.
(c) The Road.
(d) Lord of the Flies.

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

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

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

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

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

12. When the man and woman first got together, they had seized upon what form as a manifesto for their relationship?
(a) Soundscape.
(b) Prose.
(c) Dance.
(d) Poetry.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the road trip, the girl develops an obsession with a book called "The Book with No" (99) what?

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

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

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

5. What word does the woman say is currently used as "a euphemism for 'deportation'" (132)?

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