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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the portait salesman say it will cost to enlarge a portrait, inlay, and frame it in "The Portrait"?
(a) $10.
(b) $40.
(c) $30.
(d) $20.

2. What of her son's does the mother claim she still keeps in "A Prayer"?
(a) His diary.
(b) His paintings.
(c) His letters.
(d) His toys.

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

4. Where does the protagonist witness a couple copulating in "First Communion"?
(a) In an apartment building.
(b) At the cleaners.
(c) Inside the church.
(d) In a field.

5. From what narrative point of view is "First Communion" related?
(a) Fourth person.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone were in "Hand in His Pocket"?

2. On what day of the week does the narrator describe the ladies picking lice from each other's heads by the chicken coop in "It's That It Hurts"?

3. What does the narrator say Don Laito began wearing that belonged to the "wetback" in "Hand in His Pocket"?

4. Where is the water tank that the migrant workers sneak water from in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

5. When the narrator left the home of Don Laito and Dona Bone with his family, they told him not to say anything or they would do what in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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