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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 woman tells the reader that the man no longer looks "very often" (43) at what part of her body?
2. After Manuela asks the woman to translate a series of documents, she asks her to meet with whom?
3. The child refugee's interview on the radio reveals that La Bestia is what type of object?
4. The woman states that in the past "six or seven months" (18) over how many undocumented children from Mexico and the Northern Triangle had been detained at the southern U.S. border?
5. As the family crosses Memphis, they play the song entitled "Graceland" by what musician?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the road trip from New York to Arizona a symbol of the family's imminent separation?
2. How does the woman react to hearing the radio interview with the boy being held in a Texas detention center?
3. Describe the circumstances that led to the formation of the family at the center of Lost Children Archive.
4. 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?
5. What sort of text is included within the man's Box III that is not included within the woman's box?
6. What quality does the woman say is difficult to maintain within a marriage in a "real and sustained" (82) manner?
7. How does the woman define documentation for the boy?
8. Describe the differences between the man's sound work and the woman's sound work.
9. While the woman does not keep a journal, she uses what other method that she believes serves the same purpose?
10. What warrior name does each member of the family take on and who begins the process?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the theme of the motherhood archetype within Lost Children Archive. What is Luiselli’s message regarding the role of motherhood and how do you know?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Look carefully at the passages of Lost Children Archive that describe the close relationship between the boy and the girl at the center of the text. What is Luiselli’s purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection between the boy and the girl?
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