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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 compares a documentarist to what other career position?
2. The immigration detention center in New Mexico to which Manuela's daughters are transferred had formerly been what kind of building?
3. The woman's story about her parents traveling to India revolves around what object?
4. The man and the woman had first met while working on a project involving which of the five senses?
5. The woman remarks that whenever the family listens to the radio during their road trip, she tries to find news about "the situation" (39) at what location?
Short Essay Questions
1. Compare and contrast the woman's response to the boy's angry outbursts with the man's reaction.
2. Describe how Luiselli uses the theme of appearance versus reality to characterize the notion of romantic partnership.
3. How does the woman define documentation for the boy?
4. For what purpose does the family plan to travel to Lawton?
5. For what purpose does the family at the center of the narrative bring bankers' boxes along on their road trip?
6. 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?
7. While the woman does not keep a journal, she uses what other method that she believes serves the same purpose?
8. What "superstitious impulse" (68) is the woman always unable to resist?
9. What does the reader learn about La Bestia when the family listens to a radio interview with a child refugee?
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
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 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 how and why Luiselli instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Lost Children Archive.
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