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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what town does the boy plan to hop aboard a train while in the company of the girl?
(a) Lordsburg.
(b) Ellis.
(c) Sugar Pine.
(d) Elko.

2. How does the rest of the family react when the boy throws an object off the cliff in hopes of breaking the tense silence at lunch on the day of the hike?
(a) They grab the boy.
(b) They scream.
(c) They walk away.
(d) They smile.

3. What is NOT one of the water tanks the boy plans to pass along his planned route to a particular canyon?
(a) Echo Tank.
(b) Big Tank.
(c) Still Tank.
(d) Willow Tank.

4. Which member of the family is named as having "arranged all the chaos around" the family "into a world" (184)?
(a) The boy.
(b) The woman.
(c) The man.
(d) The girl.

5. 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)?
(a) A falcon.
(b) A raven.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A magpie.

6. The coyote threatens the children under his supervision with violence after one of children commits what transgression?
(a) Asks a question.
(b) Lies.
(c) Falls behind.
(d) Cries.

7. How many maps are contained within Box IV?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

8. What term does the girl use to refer to the boy after he describes how an echo works?
(a) Mr. Wizard.
(b) Magician.
(c) Liar.
(d) Rabbit.

9. In what way does the boy document his and the girl's encounter with the rancher on the tractor?
(a) He writes a journal entry about the rancher.
(b) He takes a photograph of the rancher.
(c) He records the sound of the rancher's voice.
(d) He takes a photograph of the rancher and the girl.

10. When the boy says that when he is older his hobby will be to "document things," (233) he says that he will be a what?
(a) A documentarian.
(b) A documentarianist.
(c) A documentarist.
(d) A documentist.

11. Once the family has decided to travel toward the airport near Roswell, for how many weeks have they been driving?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

12. What object does the boy throw off the cliff as part of his plan to break the silence cast upon the meal by the man and the woman?
(a) A hat.
(b) A shoe.
(c) A branch.
(d) A popsicle.

13. 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?
(a) Billie's Cafe.
(b) Juliet Cafe.
(c) Aroma Cafe.
(d) Dixie's Cafe.

14. In the eighth elegy of the book Elegies for Lost Children, it is revealed that the boys in the group are allowed to relieve themselves a maximum of how many times per day while riding atop the train?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

15. When the woman agrees to read to the boy from Elegies for Lost Children, how many chapters does she agree to read aloud?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of body of water is contained in the part of Elegies for Lost Children that the woman reads to the boy?

2. When the woman finds fault with the boy's answer about what he would do if he and the girl became lost, what does she say is the right answer?

3. What is the woman's answer when the boy asks her what she had liked to do at age ten?

4. The woman remarks that while the man is driving, if she asks him what he is thinking about, he "usually" (156) replies with what word?

5. How many boys are under the supervision of the coyote at the start of the journey in Elegies for Lost Children?

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