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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The boy recalls the man having once told a story about a little girl in Siberia whose life had been saved against all odds by what kind of animal?
(a) A dog.
(b) A bear.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A wolf.

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

3. In the seventh elegy of the book Elegies of Lost Children, the group of children are told that they must wait how many days before the next train comes?
(a) 2-4.
(b) 5-7.
(c) 1-2.
(d) 9-10.

4. 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) Hand-traps.
(c) Nap-clouds.
(d) Arrow-maps.

5. What is NOT one of the water tanks the boy plans to pass along his planned route to a particular canyon?
(a) Big Tank.
(b) Still Tank.
(c) Willow Tank.
(d) Echo Tank.

6. 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 a Polaroid photograph.
(b) The recorder and the drum.
(c) The clipboard and the road map.
(d) The road map and the recorder.

7. At what kind of establishment has the family stopped when they hear about the imminent deportation of children?
(a) A cafe.
(b) A motel.
(c) A gas station.
(d) A bookstore.

8. 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.

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

10. To whom does the banker's box belong that the boy retrieves from the trunk of the family car one night?
(a) The boy.
(b) The girl.
(c) The woman.
(d) The man.

11. At what airport does the family watch a group of children being put onto a plane that will enact their deportation?
(a) Artesia.
(b) Santa Fe.
(c) Stapleton.
(d) Arlington.

12. 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 pair of binoculars.
(c) The large map.
(d) The sound recorder.

13. When the boy and girl encounter a man on a tractor while they are lost, the boy recognizes the man's name from what document?
(a) A gravestone.
(b) A court summons.
(c) A map.
(d) A birth certificate.

14. 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) Boys.
(c) Girls.
(d) Women.

15. 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 sit down.
(c) They clap.
(d) They dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which plant named within the catalog of plant species greatly intrigues the girl?

2. After the boy and girl part company with the rancher riding a tractor, they immediately run to take what action?

3. What object does the woman attack in anger when she sees the immigration officers take a certain action when the plane starts to move?

4. The boy regrets giving a photograph of which character to the man as a present?

5. 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?

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