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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. When the woman wants to know what the boy would do if he and the girl became lost, he answers that he would look for the man and the woman in what location?

2. When the plane has been loaded with children and begins to move, what action do the immigration officers take that angers the woman?

3. Which plant named within the catalog of plant species greatly intrigues the girl?

4. When the boy considers whether the black birds above may be forming arrows, he decides that only what type of bird "can be trusted" (264)?

5. What term does the girl use to refer to the boy after he describes how an echo works?

Short Essay Questions

1. What items does the boy pack in preparation for the trek into the desert and eventually to Echo Canyon?

2. 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?

3. What question does the boy nervously ask the woman during a discussion about the novel Lord of the Flies?

4. What commonalities does the boy find between the careers of the man and the woman?

5. 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?

6. 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)?

7. What does the airplane symbolize within the Virginia Woolf epigraph at the start of Family Soundscapes: "Box IV"?

8. What simile does the boy use to describe his relationship with the woman's mother?

9. In what way does the motif of music enter the part of the narrative when the boy and girl enter a diner to get some water?

10. In what habit does the girl often engage and what does she call her habit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Sensory details are used frequently by Luiselli in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of Lost Children Archive. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Luiselli’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the theme of courage within Lost Children Archive. What is Luiselli’s message regarding courage and how do you know?

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