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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 is named as having "arranged all the chaos around" the family "into a world" (184)?
2. How many children at the train yard dedicate their time to caring for the refugee children's damaged feet?
3. On what type of document does the boy draw the route he and the girl plan to take as they set out in search of lost people?
4. When the boy describes eating "a real breakfast in a diner" (218) the reader is meant to recognize which location that was also described earlier in the narrative by the woman?
5. What piece of information does the woman ask the boy to recite upon demand?
Short Essay Questions
1. What commonalities does the boy find between the careers of the man and the woman?
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. How does the fictional author of Elegies for Lost Children demonstrate the way in which the "man in charge" (164) despises being asked questions?
4. What does the airplane symbolize within the Virginia Woolf epigraph at the start of Family Soundscapes: "Box IV"?
5. What bright spot does the boy say will remain in the situation even if the man and woman never find the two of them?
6. How does the boy answer the woman's queries about the procedures he would follow if he and the girl ever became lost? What is the woman's reaction to the boy's answer?
7. What kind of animal does the boy wish for once he realizes that he and the girl are lost and why?
8. What is the woman's philosophy about answering the questions of the boy and girl?
9. 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.
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
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
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 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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