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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the portait salesman say it will cost to enlarge a portrait, inlay, and frame it in "The Portrait"?
(a) $10.
(b) $30.
(c) $40.
(d) $20.

2. Who does the narrator say is the only devil in "Under the House"?
(a) Don Laito.
(b) Don Julio.
(c) Don Rayos.
(d) Don Ramirez.

3. What is the day of the Reyes Magos, according to the narrator in "The Night Before Christmas"?
(a) June 3.
(b) January 1.
(c) January 6.
(d) February 15.

4. At whose house does Don Mateo stay when he goes to find the man who swindled him in "The Portrait"?
(a) Juan's house.
(b) Marco's house.
(c) Esteban's house.
(d) Julio's house.

5. From what narrative point of view is "First Communion" related?
(a) Second person.
(b) Fourth person.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person.

6. On what day of the week does the Garcia family return home from the movie theater in "The Little Burnt Victims"?
(a) Friday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Sunday.

7. Where do the children find the sack full of pictures in "The Portrait"?
(a) In a suitcase at the hotel.
(b) In a tunnel leading to the dump.
(c) In the cemetery.
(d) Underneath the pews at the church.

8. At what time do the field workers see smoke rising from the farm in "The Little Burnt Victims"?
(a) 11:00 a.m.
(b) 9:00 a.m.
(c) 10:00 a.m.
(d) 8:00 a.m.

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

10. The truck driver in "When We Arrive" says that as soon as he drops these people off, he's going to see how things go hauling what?
(a) Watermelons.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Apples.
(d) Horses.

11. Who is described as having gotten an orange seed stuck in his nose in "Under the House"?
(a) Juan.
(b) Ramirez.
(c) Julio.
(d) Roman.

12. Who is the man that Ramon's girlfriend starts seeing while he is away in "Out"?
(a) Andreas.
(b) Ramiro.
(c) Juan.
(d) Julio.

13. Where does Dona Maria's husband say she got lost downtown in Minnesota in "The Night Before Christmas"?
(a) Wilmar.
(b) Malvern.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Texarkana.

14. How many knots and prayers are described in the story from "Under the House"?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the portrait salesmen come from in "The Portrait"?

2. How many hours a day does Dona Maria's husband work in "The Night Before Christmas"?

3. The wife in "The Portrait" says they lost her Chuy right before he left for where?

4. Where does Don Mateo take off to when he discovers he has been swindled in "The Portrait"?

5. Where does Dona Maria's husband work?

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