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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 object does the boy throw off the cliff as part of his plan to break the silence cast upon the meal by the man and the woman?
(a) A hat.
(b) A shoe.
(c) A branch.
(d) A popsicle.

2. The woman claims that "At night, fear belongs to" (157) whom?
(a) Children.
(b) Adults.
(c) The lonely.
(d) The dead.

3. What sort of body of water is contained in the part of Elegies for Lost Children that the woman reads to the boy?
(a) A lake.
(b) A bay.
(c) An ocean.
(d) A river.

4. What term does the girl use to refer to the boy after he describes how an echo works?
(a) Mr. Wizard.
(b) Magician.
(c) Liar.
(d) Rabbit.

5. What term does the boy use to describe the things he had "invented and perfected way before" (204) the family's road trip?
(a) Nap-clouds.
(b) Hand-traps.
(c) Finger-maps.
(d) Arrow-maps.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does the cashier say will be deported from an airport near Roswell the following day?

2. How does the rest of the family react when the boy throws an object off the cliff in hopes of breaking the tense silence at lunch on the day of the hike?

3. The man tells the woman that after the death of the boy's biological mother, he frequently struggled with what?

4. The boy regrets giving a photograph of which character to the man as a present?

5. While making a statement about marginalization, the man compares the United States to "an enormous" (212) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the boy answer the woman's queries about the procedures he would follow if he and the girl ever became lost? What is the woman's reaction to the boy's answer?

2. What does the reader learn by the end of Part I about the woman's own childhood?

3. What event causes the boy to become unhappy for the first time since he and the girl had set out on their journey together?

4. What bright spot does the boy say will remain in the situation even if the man and woman never find the two of them?

5. What kind of animal does the boy wish for once he realizes that he and the girl are lost and why?

6. Which section of the fifth elegy causes the woman to stop reading to the boy?

7. Discuss how the boy's reunion with the girl comes about after their separation and include discussion of the boy's reaction to their reunion.

8. In what habit does the girl often engage and what does she call her habit?

9. What event causes the woman to question the boy about what he would do if he and the girl ever got lost while on their own?

10. For what length of time has the family been driving when the boy asks the woman to play a David Bowie song in the car?

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