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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. Once the narrative perspective shifts away from the woman, to whom does the narrative voice transfer?
(a) The boy.
(b) The girl.
(c) The man.
(d) Manuela.

2. Along what sort of pathway do the boy and the girl walk as they gradually begin to realize that they are lost?
(a) A migratory trail.
(b) A dirt road.
(c) A cowpath.
(d) A switchback.

3. The boy uses information from his pediatrician to determine that children usually do not retain memories made before what age?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

4. The girl tells the boy that if they ever got lost together in the forest "with a dog only" (218) she would stand next to the boy for what purpose?
(a) To avoid getting licked.
(b) To let the dog lead the way.
(c) To be ready to jump on his back.
(d) To avoid getting bitten.

5. In what way does the boy document his and the girl's encounter with the rancher on the tractor?
(a) He records the sound of the rancher's voice.
(b) He takes a photograph of the rancher and the girl.
(c) He writes a journal entry about the rancher.
(d) He takes a photograph of the rancher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of body of water is contained in the part of Elegies for Lost Children that the woman reads to the boy?

2. The boy wishes that instead of giving the photograph to the man, he had kept it for which character?

3. The boy says that when the man gets in one of his melancholy moods, he never takes what action?

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

5. What piece of information does the woman ask the boy to recite upon demand?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What question does the boy nervously ask the woman during a discussion about the novel Lord of the Flies?

3. 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.

4. In what way does the motif of music enter the part of the narrative when the boy and girl enter a diner to get some water?

5. What sight in the backseat causes the woman to relent and to grant the boy's request to play "Space Oddity" again after the "fifth or sixth time" (156)?

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

7. What is the woman's philosophy about answering the questions of the boy and girl?

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

9. How does the boy plan to find the way to the town of Lordsburg and what does he plan to do once he and the girl reach Lordsburg?

10. What major change in narration takes place at the start of the part called Reenactment?

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