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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the boy says that when he is older his hobby will be to "document things," (233) he says that he will be a what?
(a) A documentarist.
(b) A documentarianist.
(c) A documentarian.
(d) A documentist.

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

3. In what stage of life was the boy when his biological mother died?
(a) Adolescence.
(b) Early childhood.
(c) Prepubescence.
(d) Infancy.

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

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

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

7. What term does the boy use to describe the things he had "invented and perfected way before" (204) the family's road trip?
(a) Finger-maps.
(b) Arrow-maps.
(c) Nap-clouds.
(d) Hand-traps.

8. Which object that the boy puts into his backpack as he prepares for the trek into the desert does not belong to the woman?
(a) The book called The Elegies of Lost Children.
(b) The large map.
(c) The sound recorder.
(d) The pair of binoculars.

9. In the eighth elegy of the book Elegies for Lost Children, it is revealed that the boys in the group are allowed to relieve themselves a maximum of how many times per day while riding atop the train?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

10. 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) Ziggy Stardust.
(b) Space Oddity.
(c) Golden Years.
(d) Changes.

11. The woman claims that fear "in the daytime, under the sun" (157) belongs to whom?
(a) The living.
(b) Children.
(c) Adults.
(d) The lonely.

12. Which plant named within the catalog of plant species greatly intrigues the girl?
(a) Jojoba.
(b) Teddy bear cholla.
(c) Creosote.
(d) Saguaro.

13. What object does the boy throw off the cliff as part of his plan to break the silence cast upon the meal by the man and the woman?
(a) A popsicle.
(b) A hat.
(c) A branch.
(d) A shoe.

14. In what part of Mexico had the woman's mother joined a guerilla movement after leaving her family?
(a) Western.
(b) Northern.
(c) Southern.
(d) Eastern.

15. 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) Boys.
(b) Girls.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many maps are contained within Box IV?

2. The woman remarks that while the man is driving, if she asks him what he is thinking about, he "usually" (156) replies with what word?

3. How many children at the train yard dedicate their time to caring for the refugee children's damaged feet?

4. The coyote threatens the children under his supervision with violence after one of children commits what transgression?

5. The man tells the woman that after the death of the boy's biological mother, he frequently struggled with what?

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