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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 shoe.
(b) A popsicle.
(c) A branch.
(d) A hat.

2. Along what sort of pathway do the boy and the girl walk as they gradually begin to realize that they are lost?
(a) A migratory trail.
(b) A cowpath.
(c) A switchback.
(d) A dirt road.

3. In what part of Mexico had the woman's mother joined a guerilla movement after leaving her family?
(a) Eastern.
(b) Northern.
(c) Western.
(d) Southern.

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

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 licked.
(b) To avoid getting bitten.
(c) To let the dog lead the way.
(d) To be ready to jump on his back.

6. 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 documentist.
(b) A documentarianist.
(c) A documentarist.
(d) A documentarian.

7. How many girls are under the supervision of the coyote at the start of the journey in Elegies for Lost Children?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

8. After the boy and girl part company with the rancher riding a tractor, they immediately run to take what action?
(a) To retrieve their hidden food.
(b) To take a drink of water.
(c) To take inventory of their backpacks.
(d) To write a journal entry.

9. How many children does the family count as they walk out to the plane to be deported?
(a) 15 or 20.
(b) 30 or 40.
(c) 40 or 50.
(d) 10 or 15.

10. In a conversation with the boy, the woman claims that which book is "about human nature" (161)?
(a) Wild Fang.
(b) A Clockwork Orange.
(c) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
(d) Lord of the Flies.

11. How many children does the cashier say will be deported from an airport near Roswell the following day?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Scores.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Hundreds.

12. 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) Juliet Cafe.
(b) Dixie's Cafe.
(c) Aroma Cafe.
(d) Billie's Cafe.

13. 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 man in charge.
(b) An eagle.
(c) One of the boys in their group.
(d) The conductor.

14. When the plane has been loaded with children and begins to move, what action do the immigration officers take that angers the woman?
(a) They dance.
(b) They sit down.
(c) They clap.
(d) They wave goodbye.

15. The note the boy leaves inside one of the banker's boxes says that he and the girl are going to look for the "lost" (238) what?
(a) Women.
(b) Children.
(c) Boys.
(d) Girls.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the woman's mother had gone to join a guerilla movement, how much time passed before the woman saw her mother again?

3. The boy wishes that instead of giving the photograph to the man, he had kept it for which character?

4. The woman claims that fear "in the daytime, under the sun" (157) belongs to whom?

5. 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?

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