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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Bosavi people believe that the only sounds that constitute "the voice of memory and the resonance of ancestry" (98) are made by what creatures?
(a) Cats.
(b) Insects.
(c) Birds.
(d) Whales.

2. The family expects a "godforsaken little town" (82) and are surprised by the reality when they arrive in what city?
(a) Tulsa.
(b) Albuquerque.
(c) Asheville.
(d) Tucson.

3. Whenever the woman turns on the radio in the family car, the first line of what novel is heard before anything else?
(a) Lord of the Flies.
(b) The Bean Trees.
(c) A Clockwork Orange.
(d) The Road.

4. The girl becomes obsessed with the fact that which historical figure had died after falling off his horse?
(a) Sitting Bull.
(b) Chief Joseph.
(c) General Custer.
(d) Geronimo.

5. With whom does the woman share news of trouble in her marriage before the family leaves for the road trip?
(a) The boy and the girl.
(b) A couple of friends.
(c) Her mother.
(d) No one.

6. The woman remarks that whenever the family listens to the radio during their road trip, she tries to find news about "the situation" (39) at what location?
(a) A particular detention center in Texas.
(b) The White House.
(c) The tip of the Northern Triangle.
(d) The southern border of the United States.

7. What country is NOT considered a part of the Northern Triangle?
(a) El Salvador.
(b) Guatemala.
(c) Venezuela.
(d) Honduras.

8. 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.

9. The woman muses at one point that what element, when "real and sustained" (82) is hard to achieve within marriage?
(a) Affection.
(b) Generosity.
(c) Respect.
(d) Cooperation.

10. The woman recalls that when she had been three months' pregnant with the girl, she had visited which of her family members in Chicago?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

11. After Manuela asks the woman to translate a series of documents, she asks her to meet with whom?
(a) A congresswoman.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A doctor.

12. Into what part of Manuela's daughters' dresses does their grandmother sew Manuela's phone number?
(a) The collars.
(b) The yokes.
(c) The sleeves.
(d) The linings.

13. After the man and woman are finished with their language project, the man takes on a project about what Native tribe?
(a) Osage.
(b) Apache.
(c) Iroquois.
(d) Comanche.

14. The vigil described by the woman had involved the attendees placing their hands on what object as they say the names of missing family members?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A curb.
(c) A wall.
(d) A bucket of water.

15. The family is pulled over for what kind of traffic violation at one point early in their road trip?
(a) Running a red light.
(b) Not stopping at a stop sign.
(c) Speeding.
(d) Jaywalking.

Short Answer Questions

1. The immigration detention center in New Mexico to which Manuela's daughters are transferred had formerly been what kind of building?

2. The woman tells the reader that the man no longer looks "very often" (43) at what part of her body?

3. The woman's story about her parents traveling to India revolves around what object?

4. At the time of the narrative's beginning, which character has just had a birthday the previous day?

5. What past tense verb does the woman use to indicate what happened to the girl's biological father?

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