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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens when the central figure of "The Lost Year" begins to think everything is clearing up?
(a) He is at a loss for words.
(b) He remembers his mother.
(c) He leaves to go to school.
(d) He hears a bell ring.

3. Who visits on Christmas Eve with a sack of oranges and nuts in "The Night Before Christmas"?
(a) Don Julio.
(b) Don Chon.
(c) Santa Claus.
(d) Don Andrea.

4. The mother claims her son wears a medallion of what saint in "A Prayer"?
(a) The Virgen de Jalisco.
(b) The Virgen dela Leche.
(c) The Virgen de Zapopan.
(d) The Virgen de San Juan del Valle.

5. When does the narrator say the priest always held First Communion in "First Communion"?
(a) Early fall.
(b) Mid-summer.
(c) Mid-spring.
(d) Mid-winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist's mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..." believe happens to the water?

2. What did the boss do when the narrator's father told him what the narrator will be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"?

3. At what time do the field workers see smoke rising from the farm in "The Little Burnt Victims"?

4. At what time does the narrator leave his home in "A Silvery Night"?

5. What does the person praying ask to protect her son from in "A Prayer"?

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