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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many different sounds does the narrator say he heard the last time he lay in the grass at the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) 15.
(b) 26.
(c) 12.
(d) 92.

2. Where does Ramon say he goes when the others make fun of him in "Out"?
(a) To the cemetery.
(b) To the beach.
(c) To the woods.
(d) To the church.

3. In describing the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts," the narrator notes that it looks nothing like the one where?
(a) In Arkansas.
(b) In Texas.
(c) In Oklahoma.
(d) In Minnesota.

4. The wife in "The Portrait" says they lost her Chuy right before he left for where?
(a) Korea.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) Vietnam.

5. Where does Dona Maria plan to go to buy toys for her children in "The Night Before Christmas"?
(a) Fred's.
(b) Wal-Mart.
(c) Costco.
(d) Kress.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does the narrator hope to go to the dump with in "It's That It Hurts"?

2. How does the narrator of "The Lost Year" say it always begins for the central figure?

3. What present does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone brought him at the farm after his stay with them in "Hand in His Pocket"?

4. How does the boss attempt suicide in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

5. What happens to the boy at the water tank when the boss attempts to scare the migrants away in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

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