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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. Once the narrative perspective shifts away from the woman, to whom does the narrative voice transfer?
2. The boy uses information from his pediatrician to determine that children usually do not retain memories made before what age?
3. How many children at the train yard dedicate their time to caring for the refugee children's damaged feet?
4. 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?
5. While making a statement about marginalization, the man compares the United States to "an enormous" (212) what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What bright spot does the boy say will remain in the situation even if the man and woman never find the two of them?
2. What clues does the boy leave for the man and woman in regard to his and the girl's plans?
3. What does the airplane symbolize within the Virginia Woolf epigraph at the start of Family Soundscapes: "Box IV"?
4. What kind of animal does the boy wish for once he realizes that he and the girl are lost and why?
5. What commonalities does the boy find between the careers of the man and the woman?
6. How does the boy plan to find the way to the town of Lordsburg and what does he plan to do once he and the girl reach Lordsburg?
7. What event causes the boy to become unhappy for the first time since he and the girl had set out on their journey together?
8. 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.
9. In what habit does the girl often engage and what does she call her habit?
10. What major change in narration takes place at the start of the part called Reenactment?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the motif of sound included within Lost Children Archive and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Luiselli’s novel Lost Children Archive. What message is Luiselli sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
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