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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From what state does the family at the center of the narrative depart at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Puebla.
(b) California.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) New York.

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

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

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

6. In what type of dwelling had the man, woman, boy, and girl first lived together?
(a) An immigration detention facility.
(b) An apartment.
(c) A house.
(d) A commune.

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

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

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

10. What animal does the boy hope will appear in the photograph he takes at the Baltimore aquarium?
(a) A turtle.
(b) A starfish.
(c) An octopus.
(d) A fish.

11. 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) 10,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 80,000.
(d) 50,000.

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

13. Whose tomb does the family visit just outside of Lawton?
(a) Chief Cochise's.
(b) Geronimo's.
(c) Sacajawea's.
(d) Lozen's.

14. With whom does the woman share news of trouble in her marriage before the family leaves for the road trip?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A couple of friends.
(c) The boy and the girl.
(d) No one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In answer to the boy's query, the woman says that "documenting just means to collect the present for" (102) what?

2. The girl becomes obsessed with the fact that which historical figure had died after falling off his horse?

3. The child refugee's interview on the radio reveals that La Bestia is what type of object?

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. Which member of the family at the narrative's center identifies as a "documentarian" (98)?

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