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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Bosavi people believe that the only sounds that constitute "the voice of memory and the resonance of ancestry" (98) are made by what creatures?
(a) Insects.
(b) Cats.
(c) Birds.
(d) Whales.

2. How old is the boy upon the narrative's opening?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

3. Each member of the family buys something when the family ventures into what kind of store during their road trip?
(a) A shoe store.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A clothing store.

4. How many daughters does Manuela have?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. With whom does the woman share news of trouble in her marriage before the family leaves for the road trip?
(a) Her mother.
(b) No one.
(c) A couple of friends.
(d) The boy and the girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the family ends up with the warrior name of Swift Feather?

2. Whose belief that the road trip is moving too slowly results in a quicker pace from then on?

3. After the man and woman are finished with their language project, the man takes on a project about what Native tribe?

4. The vigil described by the woman had involved the attendees placing their hands on what object as they say the names of missing family members?

5. Manuela reports to the woman that her two daughters have disappeared somewhere between two detention centers in what states?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss one of the quotes Luiselli uses as an epigraph within Part I: Soundscapes and how its themes are reflected within the first few passages of the novel.

2. When the woman is conflicted about whether to record the sounds of the family's road trip, what does she say she wishes she could do instead?

3. Compare and contrast the woman's response to the boy's angry outbursts with the man's reaction.

4. What "superstitious impulse" (68) is the woman always unable to resist?

5. For what purpose does the family plan to travel to Lawton?

6. Describe the differences between the man's sound work and the woman's sound work.

7. In what way does Luiselli use the traditional notion of the American Dream to comment on the reasons refugees from the Northern Triangle leave their homes?

8. Describe the circumstances that led to the formation of the family at the center of Lost Children Archive.

9. How does the woman define documentation for the boy?

10. While the woman does not keep a journal, she uses what other method that she believes serves the same purpose?

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