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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 Lucky Arrow?
2. With whom does the woman share news of trouble in her marriage before the family leaves for the road trip?
3. Which member of the family ends up with the warrior name of Swift Feather?
4. During the road trip, the girl develops an obsession with a book called "The Book with No" (99) what?
5. Into what part of Manuela's daughters' dresses does their grandmother sew Manuela's phone number?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the circumstances that led to the formation of the family at the center of Lost Children Archive.
2. What quality does the woman say is difficult to maintain within a marriage in a "real and sustained" (82) manner?
3. While the woman does not keep a journal, she uses what other method that she believes serves the same purpose?
4. How does the woman react to hearing the radio interview with the boy being held in a Texas detention center?
5. For what purpose does the family plan to travel to Lawton?
6. What warrior name does each member of the family take on and who begins the process?
7. How does the man reply when the boy asks him why he has chosen the Apache tribe as the subject of his newest project?
8. Describe how Luiselli uses the theme of appearance versus reality to characterize the notion of romantic partnership.
9. Discuss one of the quotes Luiselli uses as an epigraph within Part I: Soundscapes and how its themes are reflected within the first few passages of the novel.
10. What prompts the woman to begin to record the man's Apache stories as he tells them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What messages does Luiselli send about family bonds and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?
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
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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