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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. 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?
2. 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?
3. When a flirtatious encounter results in the woman's possession of a man's phone number, where does she keep it during the rest of the trip?
4. With whom does the woman share news of trouble in her marriage before the family leaves for the road trip?
5. What word does the woman say is currently used as "a euphemism for 'deportation'" (132)?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the road trip from New York to Arizona a symbol of the family's imminent separation?
2. In what way does Luiselli use the traditional notion of the American Dream to comment on the reasons refugees from the Northern Triangle leave their homes?
3. How does the man reply when the boy asks him why he has chosen the Apache tribe as the subject of his newest project?
4. What warrior name does each member of the family take on and who begins the process?
5. How does the woman define documentation for the boy?
6. When the woman is conflicted about whether to record the sounds of the family's road trip, what does she say she wishes she could do instead?
7. Compare and contrast the woman's response to the boy's angry outbursts with the man's reaction.
8. While the woman does not keep a journal, she uses what other method that she believes serves the same purpose?
9. What object does the woman collect during the trip and keep inside her boot for the remainder of the trip and why?
10. What sort of text is included within the man's Box III that is not included within the woman's box?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Lost Children Archive and analyze Luiselli’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 2
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Luiselli’s novel Lost Children Archive. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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