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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Portrait".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe the cemetery as looking like in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A desert.
(b) A golf course.
(c) A dust field.
(d) A beet field.

2. Why does the protagonist's mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..." leave water in his room?
(a) In case he is thirsty during the night.
(b) For the dog.
(c) For spirits.
(d) For the cat.

3. For how long does Ramon go away to work and not see his girlfriend in "Out"?
(a) Two months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Four months.
(d) Six months.

4. What happens to the boy at the water tank when the boss attempts to scare the migrants away in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) He is crushed by the tank.
(b) He is shot in the shoulder.
(c) He is shot in the foot.
(d) He is shot in the head.

5. Where does Dona Maria's husband work?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A beet farm.
(c) A cotton farm.
(d) A restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dona Bone's real name, according to the narrator in "Hand in His Pocket"?

2. In what type of building does the Garcia family live in "The Little Burnt Victims"?

3. What does the narrator describe the teacher using to check for lice in "It's That It Hurts"?

4. What does the narrator say he never saw Don Laito or Dona Bone doing in "Hand in His Pocket"?

5. How does the boss attempt suicide in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

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