Lost Children Archive Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Valeria Luiselli
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 192 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Lost Children Archive Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Valeria Luiselli
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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. In answer to the boy's query, the woman says that "documenting just means to collect the present for" (102) what?

2. The family is pulled over for what kind of traffic violation at one point early in their road trip?

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

4. To what kind of establishment does the woman walk the night she ends up in a flirtatious encounter with a stranger?

5. When the boy discovers that a Polaroid picture will not develop properly in the light, what object does he use to protect his photos?

Short Essay Questions

1. What object does the woman collect during the trip and keep inside her boot for the remainder of the trip and why?

2. While the woman does not keep a journal, she uses what other method that she believes serves the same purpose?

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. For what purpose does the family plan to travel to Lawton?

5. Describe the circumstances that led to the formation of the family at the center of Lost Children Archive.

6. What sort of text is included within the man's Box III that is not included within the woman's box?

7. How does the woman react to hearing the radio interview with the boy being held in a Texas detention center?

8. While the man wants the road trip to end in Arizona, the woman wants to visit what state so that she can pursue her own next project?

9. What quality does the woman say is difficult to maintain within a marriage in a "real and sustained" (82) manner?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the theme of courage within Lost Children Archive. What is Luiselli’s message regarding courage and how do you know?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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