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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the plane has been loaded with children and begins to move, what action do the immigration officers take that angers the woman?
(a) They wave goodbye.
(b) They dance.
(c) They sit down.
(d) They clap.

2. With what Roman numeral is the box marked that the boy retrieves from the trunk of the family car one night?
(a) VII.
(b) V.
(c) II.
(d) III.

3. On what type of document does the boy draw the route he and the girl plan to take as they set out in search of lost people?
(a) A newspaper clipping.
(b) A court summons.
(c) A map.
(d) A parking ticket.

4. What color is the book entitled Elegies for Lost Children?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

5. To whom does Box IV belong?
(a) The boy.
(b) The girl.
(c) The man.
(d) The woman.

6. Once the narrative perspective shifts away from the woman, to whom does the narrative voice transfer?
(a) Manuela.
(b) The man.
(c) The boy.
(d) The girl.

7. The boy uses information from his pediatrician to determine that children usually do not retain memories made before what age?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

8. What two items does the boy retrieve from the glove compartment of the family car on the night he sneaks out to get a book?
(a) The road map and the recorder.
(b) The road map and a Polaroid photograph.
(c) The clipboard and the road map.
(d) The recorder and the drum.

9. How many children does the cashier say will be deported from an airport near Roswell the following day?
(a) Scores.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Dozens.

10. What object does the woman attack in anger when she sees the immigration officers take a certain action when the plane starts to move?
(a) A truck.
(b) A fence.
(c) A trash can.
(d) A fire hydrant.

11. The note the boy leaves inside one of the banker's boxes states that he and the girl will meet the man and woman in what location?
(a) Laurel Canyon.
(b) Steed Canyon.
(c) Buffalo Canyon.
(d) Echo Canyon.

12. When the boy sneaks out of his and the girl's bedroom one night, it is because he wants to read more of which book?
(a) The Elegies of Lost Children.
(b) East of Eden.
(c) Lord of the Flies.
(d) The Road.

13. As stated in the eighth elegy, the presence of what creature is the only thing that makes the girls in Elegies for Lost Children feel safe as they are crouched between train cars relieving themselves?
(a) One of the boys in their group.
(b) The conductor.
(c) An eagle.
(d) The man in charge.

14. In a conversation with the boy, the woman claims that which book is "about human nature" (161)?
(a) Lord of the Flies.
(b) Wild Fang.
(c) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
(d) A Clockwork Orange.

15. In what way does the boy document his and the girl's encounter with the rancher on the tractor?
(a) He writes a journal entry about the rancher.
(b) He records the sound of the rancher's voice.
(c) He takes a photograph of the rancher and the girl.
(d) He takes a photograph of the rancher.

Short Answer Questions

1. The boy and girl slowly make their way out of the diner while singing what David Bowie song that is also playing on the jukebox?

2. Along what sort of pathway do the boy and the girl walk as they gradually begin to realize that they are lost?

3. What sort of body of water is contained in the part of Elegies for Lost Children that the woman reads to the boy?

4. On the family's way to the airport near Roswell, the boy requests a song about David Bowie that focuses on what kind of a person?

5. When the woman finds fault with the boy's answer about what he would do if he and the girl became lost, what does she say is the right answer?

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