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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 woman remarks that whenever the family listens to the radio during their road trip, she tries to find news about "the situation" (39) at what location?
(a) The southern border of the United States.
(b) The tip of the Northern Triangle.
(c) The White House.
(d) A particular detention center in Texas.

2. The woman compares a documentarist to what other career position?
(a) A chemist.
(b) A librarian.
(c) A fortuneteller.
(d) A doctor.

3. 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) Anna Karenina.
(b) The Bible.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) Paradise Lost.

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

5. The girl becomes obsessed with the fact that which historical figure had died after falling off his horse?
(a) General Custer.
(b) Chief Joseph.
(c) Geronimo.
(d) Sitting Bull.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the man and woman first got together, they had seized upon what form as a manifesto for their relationship?

3. What gift does the woman give to the boy on his birthday?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. What do the boy and girl call child refugees and what is the woman's reaction to their choice?

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

8. 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?

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

10. What quality does the woman say is difficult to maintain within a marriage in a "real and sustained" (82) manner?

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