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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which member of the family ends up with the warrior name of Swift Feather?
2. The man tells the woman one day that his new project will call for him to relocate "more permanently" (20) to what part of the United States?
3. Which of the following actions is a frequent habit of the girl at the center of the story?
4. Toward what state does the family set out at the start of the narrative?
5. What term does a customer at the Dixie Cafe use to refer to the family at the center of the narrative?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the woman react to hearing the radio interview with the boy being held in a Texas detention center?
2. Describe an instance when the girl's vivacious personality influences the rest of the family's behavior.
3. Describe how Luiselli uses the theme of appearance versus reality to characterize the notion of romantic partnership.
4. What prompts the woman to begin to record the man's Apache stories as he tells them?
5. 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?
6. While the woman does not keep a journal, she uses what other method that she believes serves the same purpose?
7. 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?
8. Compare and contrast the woman's response to the boy's angry outbursts with the man's reaction.
9. What object does the woman collect during the trip and keep inside her boot for the remainder of the trip and why?
10. What does the reader learn about La Bestia when the family listens to a radio interview with a child refugee?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the motif of sound included within Lost Children Archive and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the novel Lost Children Archive and how does their treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Luiselli’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Lost Children Archive.
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