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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 protagonist's mother say she has given is father all day in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) Water.
(b) Chicken broth.
(c) Milk.
(d) Lemonade.

2. The narrator in "It's That It Hurts" says that he thinks it all started when he got what?
(a) Angry and embarrassed at the same time.
(b) Happy and content at the same time.
(c) Drunk in class.
(d) Slapped across the face by the teacher.

3. Who was frying eggs when the fire broke out in "The Little Burnt Victims"?
(a) Julio.
(b) Raulito.
(c) Juan.
(d) Enrico.

4. Where does the narrator describe Dad coming home from in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) The fields.
(b) The bank.
(c) The shopping center.
(d) The church.

5. Where is the water tank that the migrant workers sneak water from in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Attached to the farmhouse.
(b) At the edge of the furrow.
(c) On a sandy knoll.
(d) In the center of the field.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into whose home did a badger get into, according to the father in "A Silvery Night"?

2. 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"?

3. Where does the protagonist of "What His Mother Never Knew..." leave a glass of water every night?

4. How much does the portait salesman say it will cost to enlarge a portrait, inlay, and frame it in "The Portrait"?

5. 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"?

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