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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. For how many years have the man and the woman at the center of the narrative known one another?
2. After Manuela asks the woman to translate a series of documents, she asks her to meet with whom?
3. How many daughters does Manuela have?
4. What past tense verb does the woman use to indicate what happened to the girl's biological father?
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. What quality does the woman say is difficult to maintain within a marriage in a "real and sustained" (82) manner?
2. Describe the circumstances that led to the formation of the family at the center of Lost Children Archive.
3. Describe how Luiselli uses the theme of appearance versus reality to characterize the notion of romantic partnership.
4. What warrior name does each member of the family take on and who begins the process?
5. How does the woman define documentation for the boy?
6. For what purpose does the family plan to travel to Lawton?
7. What do the boy and girl call child refugees and what is the woman's reaction to their choice?
8. While the woman does not keep a journal, she uses what other method that she believes serves the same purpose?
9. What "superstitious impulse" (68) is the woman always unable to resist?
10. Describe an instance when the girl's vivacious personality influences the rest of the family's behavior.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Luiselli’s novel Lost Children Archive. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
What is the function of the coyote's character within the text-within-a-text called Elegies for Lost Children? Discuss the characterization methods used by Luiselli in depicting the coyote who is paid to see that the children arrive safely in the United States. Include in your discussion the reasons that Luiselli portrays the coyote in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Luiselli's choice to tell the story of Lost Children Archive using the first person point-of-view of more than one member in the family at the text’s center. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Luiselli’s intended effects on the reader?
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