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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Apacheria: "Dust Valleys" - Lost Children Archive: "Box IV" - "Box VII".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does the banker's box belong that the boy retrieves from the trunk of the family car one night?
(a) The girl.
(b) The man.
(c) The woman.
(d) The boy.

2. Manuela originally asks the woman to help her prevent her daughters from what fate?
(a) From being arrested.
(b) From being deported.
(c) From being kidnapped.
(d) From being physically abused.

3. As stated in the eighth elegy, the presence of what creature is the only thing that makes the girls in Elegies for Lost Children feel safe as they are crouched between train cars relieving themselves?
(a) The conductor.
(b) An eagle.
(c) One of the boys in their group.
(d) The man in charge.

4. For how many years have the man and the woman at the center of the narrative known one another?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 1 years.
(d) 2 years.

5. The girl tells the boy that if they ever got lost together in the forest "with a dog only" (218) she would stand next to the boy for what purpose?
(a) To avoid getting bitten.
(b) To be ready to jump on his back.
(c) To let the dog lead the way.
(d) To avoid getting licked.

Short Answer Questions

1. The boy says that when the man gets in one of his melancholy moods, he never takes what action?

2. The woman recalls attending a vigil outside of what kind of establishment a few months before the road trip?

3. How old is the boy upon the narrative's opening?

4. The man tells the woman that after the death of the boy's biological mother, he frequently struggled with what?

5. What two items does the boy retrieve from the glove compartment of the family car on the night he sneaks out to get a book?

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