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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Under the House".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take the portrait maker to produce Don Mateo's portrait once he is cornered at the market?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) Four days.
(d) One week.

2. How long does the portrait salesman say it will take to deliver an inlaid, enlarged and framed portrait in "The Portrait"?
(a) One week.
(b) Two months.
(c) One month.
(d) Three weeks.

3. What does the narrator say the janitor used to scare him with during the fight in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A ruler.
(b) A rake.
(c) A mop.
(d) A broom.

4. In what type of building does the Garcia family live in "The Little Burnt Victims"?
(a) A teepee.
(b) A chicken shack.
(c) A tin garage.
(d) A wood cabin.

5. Why is the narrator upset that Don Laito and Dona Bone made him work in the yard?
(a) The paid him only 50 cents per day.
(b) It was too hot outside.
(c) His dad had payed his board.
(d) His brother was allowed to work in the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the son tell his father that the working conditions were always better in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

2. What is Don Laito's real name, according to the narrator in "Hand in His Pocket"?

3. How old was the protagonist's father when he began helping his father plant corn in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

4. Of what character does the narrator say she was very careful whenever they went to the dump in "Under the House"?

5. What happened to the "wetback" in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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