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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boss turn to after the incident at the water tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Pills.
(b) Smoking cigarettes.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Therapy.

2. Where does the protagonist run when he leaves his home after the communion in "First Communion"?
(a) To the thicket.
(b) To the cemetery.
(c) To the beach.
(d) To the church.

3. At what shrines does the mother claim she has made promises in "A Prayer"?
(a) The Virgen de San Juan and the Virgen de Guadalupe.
(b) The San Juan del Valle and the Virgen de la Leche.
(c) The Virgen de Zapopan and the Virgen de Jalisco.
(d) The Virgen de Fatima and the Virgen de Andrea.

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) In heaven's arms.
(d) Rest in peace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist throw rocks at in "First Communion"?

2. What is the name of the woman's son who has been listed as MIA in "She Had Fallen Asleep..."?

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

4. What always happens when the central figure of "The Lost Year" turns see who is calling his name?

5. What actually happens to the water every night in "What His Mother Never Knew..."?

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