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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 narrator say the janitor used to scare him with during the fight in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A ruler.
(b) A mop.
(c) A broom.
(d) A rake.

2. How does the narrator of "The Lost Year" say it always begins for the central figure?
(a) With a dream.
(b) With a shadow.
(c) With the wind.
(d) With a song.

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

4. From where does the mother pray her son will return safe and sound in "A Prayer"?
(a) Korea.
(b) Germany.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) China.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Don Laito and Dona Bone say they were building when they had the narrator dig a hole in "Hand in His Pocket"?

2. How long ago was it when a badger got into a neighbor's home in "A Silvery Night"?

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

4. What is Dona Bone's real name, according to the narrator in "Hand in His Pocket"?

5. Whose son was pierced by a bullet in "A Prayer"?

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