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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "A Silvery Night".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the protagonist's mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..." leave water in his room?
(a) For the dog.
(b) In case he is thirsty during the night.
(c) For spirits.
(d) For the cat.

2. What is Don Laito's real name, according to the narrator in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Don Julio.
(b) Don Hilario.
(c) Don Marquez.
(d) Don Ramiro.

3. Why does the narrator say he did not sleep the first night at Don Laito and Dona Bone's home in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) He was scared of rats.
(b) He was scared of ghosts.
(c) He was scared of spiders.
(d) He was bitten by fleas.

4. What is printed on the arch over the gate to the cemetery described by the narrator in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Don't forget me.
(b) Rose Hill Cemetery.
(c) Rest in peace.
(d) In heaven's arms.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what narrative perspective is "The Lost Year" related?

3. What happens when the central figure of "The Lost Year" begins to think everything is clearing up?

4. When does the boy in "What His Mother Never Knew..." decide he will tell his mother the truth?

5. What did the minister have a man come to teach the workers at the farm in "One Afternoon a Minister..."?

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