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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Paterson Public Library.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the girl's mother insist she do in "The Changeling"?
(a) Change into her own clothes.
(b) Go to the store.
(c) Make dinner in her costume.
(d) Braid the neighbor's hair.

2. Where did the girl's father work at night?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A night club.
(c) A cemetery.
(d) A department store.

3. In "Guard Duty", what hangs over the Puerto Rican child's bed?
(a) A picture of a farm.
(b) A picture of the child.
(c) A picture of a solider.
(d) A picture of an angel.

4. Where did Eugene move from?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Florida.
(d) Kentucky.

5. What does the girl's father quote when he sees Fidel Castro on the television?
(a) A poem.
(b) A commercial.
(c) The Bible.
(d) A short story.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "How to Get a Baby", what should the woman beckon?

2. How is Fidel Castro described in "A Legion of Dark Angels"?

3. What does the old man in "Letter from a Caribbean Island" do one night after screaming with joy?

4. Who does Olga tell Joaquin to ignore?

5. What is the girl's father doing in "The Lesson of the Sugarcane"?

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