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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. Manuela originally asks the woman to help her prevent her daughters from what fate?
(a) From being deported.
(b) From being arrested.
(c) From being physically abused.
(d) From being kidnapped.

2. The child refugee's radio interview reveals that which of his family members had died along the journey to the United States?
(a) His brother.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

3. 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?
(a) A bucket of water.
(b) A curb.
(c) A wall.
(d) A mirror.

4. The woman reflects upon the fact that "it takes clarity of mind and humility of heart" to understand that children can read and understand what text?
(a) Paradise Lost.
(b) Anna Karenina.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) The Bible.

5. The woman recalls attending a vigil outside of what kind of establishment a few months before the road trip?
(a) A courthouse.
(b) A prison.
(c) A detention center.
(d) A library.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many archiving boxes does the family take with them on their road trip?

2. How are the boy and girl related to the man and the woman with whom they are traveling?

3. What term does a customer at the Dixie Cafe use to refer to the family at the center of the narrative?

4. The woman recalls that when she had been three months' pregnant with the girl, she had visited which of her family members in Chicago?

5. Which member of the family ends up with the warrior name of Lucky Arrow?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what purpose does the family at the center of the narrative bring bankers' boxes along on their road trip?

2. What does the reader learn about La Bestia when the family listens to a radio interview with a child refugee?

3. What sort of text is included within the man's Box III that is not included within the woman's box?

4. How does the man reply when the boy asks him why he has chosen the Apache tribe as the subject of his newest project?

5. What warrior name does each member of the family take on and who begins the process?

6. 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?

7. What prompts the woman to begin to record the man's Apache stories as he tells them?

8. How is the road trip from New York to Arizona a symbol of the family's imminent separation?

9. Describe an instance when the girl's vivacious personality influences the rest of the family's behavior.

10. How does the woman react to hearing the radio interview with the boy being held in a Texas detention center?

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