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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The man tells the woman that after the death of the boy's biological mother, he frequently struggled with what?
(a) Nightmares.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) Malnutrition.
(d) Balance.

2. How many children does the family count as they walk out to the plane to be deported?
(a) 40 or 50.
(b) 10 or 15.
(c) 30 or 40.
(d) 15 or 20.

3. The coyote in Elegies for Lost Children begins with how many children under his supervision on their way to the United States?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 11.
(d) 6.

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

5. 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 pair of binoculars.
(b) The sound recorder.
(c) The large map.
(d) The book called The Elegies of Lost Children.

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

7. While making a statement about marginalization, the man compares the United States to "an enormous" (212) what?
(a) Cemetery.
(b) Prison.
(c) Party.
(d) Game of dodgeball.

8. What is NOT something to which the woman has been accustomed within the confines of the car during the road trip?
(a) The family's smell.
(b) Billboards.
(c) Intermittent silence.
(d) Instant coffee.

9. 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 be ready to jump on his back.
(b) To avoid getting bitten.
(c) To let the dog lead the way.
(d) To avoid getting licked.

10. How many girls are under the supervision of the coyote at the start of the journey in Elegies for Lost Children?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

12. 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?
(a) Everything.
(b) The kids.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Sound.

13. 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?
(a) Find the North Star and start walking toward it.
(b) Pray.
(c) Sit down and remain still.
(d) Look for a road.

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

15. What piece of information does the woman ask the boy to recite upon demand?
(a) The family's address in New York City.
(b) The phone numbers of the man and the woman.
(c) His social security number.
(d) The girl's blood type.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the family is named as having "arranged all the chaos around" the family "into a world" (184)?

2. To whom does the banker's box belong that the boy retrieves from the trunk of the family car one night?

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

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

5. In what part of Mexico had the woman's mother joined a guerilla movement after leaving her family?

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