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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Golden Years.
(b) Changes.
(c) Space Oddity.
(d) Ziggy Stardust.

2. 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) An eagle.
(b) The conductor.
(c) The man in charge.
(d) One of the boys in their group.

3. The girl tells the boy that if they ever got lost together in the forest "with a dog only" (218) she would stand next to the boy for what purpose?
(a) To let the dog lead the way.
(b) To avoid getting licked.
(c) To be ready to jump on his back.
(d) To avoid getting bitten.

4. 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 fence.
(b) A fire hydrant.
(c) A truck.
(d) A trash can.

5. By what name does the boy continue to call the girl throughout the narrative once the name is chosen?
(a) Belle.
(b) Mustang Sally.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Pocahontas.

6. When the boy describes eating "a real breakfast in a diner" (218) the reader is meant to recognize which location that was also described earlier in the narrative by the woman?
(a) Dixie's Cafe.
(b) Billie's Cafe.
(c) Juliet Cafe.
(d) Aroma Cafe.

7. 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) Buffalo Canyon.
(b) Echo Canyon.
(c) Laurel Canyon.
(d) Steed Canyon.

8. The boy regrets giving a photograph of which character to the man as a present?
(a) The woman.
(b) The girl.
(c) The boy.
(d) The man.

9. 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 sit down.
(b) They dance.
(c) They wave goodbye.
(d) They clap.

10. How many maps are contained within Box IV?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

11. The note the boy leaves inside one of the banker's boxes says that he and the girl are going to look for the "lost" (238) what?
(a) Children.
(b) Girls.
(c) Women.
(d) Boys.

12. After the woman's mother had gone to join a guerilla movement, how much time passed before the woman saw her mother again?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 years.

13. When the woman wants to know what the boy would do if he and the girl became lost, he answers that he would look for the man and the woman in what location?
(a) In New York City.
(b) In Echo Canyon.
(c) In Laurel Canyon.
(d) In Benedict Canyon.

14. What term does the girl use to refer to the boy after he describes how an echo works?
(a) Mr. Wizard.
(b) Liar.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Magician.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman's answer when the boy asks her what she had liked to do at age ten?

2. Once the narrative perspective shifts away from the woman, to whom does the narrative voice transfer?

3. The coyote in Elegies for Lost Children begins with how many children under his supervision on their way to the United States?

4. In what way does the boy document his and the girl's encounter with the rancher on the tractor?

5. The woman believes that her voice as a mother needs to serve "as a" (160) what to her children's worlds?

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