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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Ramon planning to return soon in "Out"?
(a) To Texas.
(b) To Utah.
(c) To Mississippi.
(d) To Kansas.

2. What does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone were in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Cattle thieves.
(b) Former spies.
(c) Illegal immigrants.
(d) Bootleggers.

3. What color shoes does the man from San Antonio wear in "Out"?
(a) White.
(b) Orange.
(c) Black.
(d) Gray.

4. Why were the protagonist's aunt and uncle sent away in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) They contracted tuberculosis.
(b) They were caught stealing.
(c) They contracted polio.
(d) They were illegal immigrants.

5. What does the protagonist's mother say she has given is father all day in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) Milk.
(b) Chicken broth.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the prayer addressed in "A Prayer"?

2. Where does the narrator say he prefers to stay rather than going to school in "It's That It Hurts"?

3. What does the protagonist take with him from home when he leaves in "A Silvery Night"?

4. What does the narrator's father want him to be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"?

5. Where does the narrator describe his family as staying in "It's That It Hurts"?

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