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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. The child refugee's radio interview reveals that which of his family members had died along the journey to the United States?
2. How many daughters does Manuela have?
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. The woman compares a documentarist to what other career position?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe how Luiselli uses the theme of appearance versus reality to characterize the notion of romantic partnership.
2. How is the road trip from New York to Arizona a symbol of the family's imminent separation?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. What object does the woman collect during the trip and keep inside her boot for the remainder of the trip and why?
6. How does the woman define documentation for the boy?
7. What "superstitious impulse" (68) is the woman always unable to resist?
8. How does the man reply when the boy asks him why he has chosen the Apache tribe as the subject of his newest project?
9. What quality does the woman say is difficult to maintain within a marriage in a "real and sustained" (82) manner?
10. Compare and contrast the woman's response to the boy's angry outbursts with the man's reaction.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Determine Luiselli’s message within the novel Lost Children Archive regarding the idea that the American media directly influences its citizens' thinking about the topic of immigration in manipulative and harmful ways.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Lost Children Archive and analyze Luiselli’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Luiselli’s messages about guilt and responsibility within Lost Children Archive. Focus especially on events such as the boy’s decision to take the girl on a journey into the desert without their parents’ knowledge.
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