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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. What word does the woman say is currently used as "a euphemism for 'deportation'" (132)?
(a) Regression.
(b) Repast.
(c) Removal.
(d) Repentance.

2. When a flirtatious encounter results in the woman's possession of a man's phone number, where does she keep it during the rest of the trip?
(a) In her book.
(b) In her banker's box.
(c) In her pillow.
(d) In her boot.

3. Which member of the family at the narrative's center identifies as a "documentarist" (98)?
(a) The man.
(b) The girl.
(c) The boy.
(d) The woman.

4. When the family reaches a motel modeled after Elvis's persona, which member of the family has enthusiasm that proves to be contagious?
(a) The man.
(b) The girl.
(c) The woman.
(d) The boy.

5. The child refugee's interview on the radio reveals that La Bestia is what type of object?
(a) A train.
(b) A plane.
(c) A river.
(d) A boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the boy upon the narrative's opening?

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

3. What past tense verb does the woman use to describe the action she and the man had taken in relation to language for their long-term collaborative project?

4. After Manuela asks the woman to translate a series of documents, she asks her to meet with whom?

5. What make of car does the family buy for the road trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What object does the woman collect during the trip and keep inside her boot for the remainder of the trip and why?

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. While the man wants the road trip to end in Arizona, the woman wants to visit what state so that she can pursue her own next project?

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

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

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

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