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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. What term does the boy use to describe the things he had "invented and perfected way before" (204) the family's road trip?
2. While making a statement about marginalization, the man compares the United States to "an enormous" (212) what?
3. The woman claims that fear "in the daytime, under the sun" (157) belongs to whom?
4. How many maps are contained within Box IV?
5. In what stage of life was the boy when his biological mother died?
Short Essay Questions
1. What commonalities does the boy find between the careers of the man and the woman?
2. What sight in the backseat causes the woman to relent and to grant the boy's request to play "Space Oddity" again after the "fifth or sixth time" (156)?
3. What question does the boy nervously ask the woman during a discussion about the novel Lord of the Flies?
4. Discuss how the boy's reunion with the girl comes about after their separation and include discussion of the boy's reaction to their reunion.
5. What clues does the boy leave for the man and woman in regard to his and the girl's plans?
6. In what habit does the girl often engage and what does she call her habit?
7. What event causes the woman to question the boy about what he would do if he and the girl ever got lost while on their own?
8. How does the fictional author of Elegies for Lost Children demonstrate the way in which the "man in charge" (164) despises being asked questions?
9. Who is the rancher encountered by the boy and girl on their journey and why is the boy happy when he discovers the rancher's name?
10. What kind of animal does the boy wish for once he realizes that he and the girl are lost and why?
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
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Lost Children Archive and one of the novel's main messages. How does Luiselli make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?
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