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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flying Lessons.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what does Papi buy Merci to try and cheer her up?
(a) A new dress.
(b) Her own ladder.
(c) A chocolate shake.
(d) A bicycle.

2. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," who shows up in the gym, messing up the paint job?
(a) The boys' baseball team.
(b) The school's mascot, a bulldog.
(c) The school librarian.
(d) The girls' soccer team.

3. In "Flying Lessons," how does the narrator know his grandmother is not going to swim at the beach?
(a) She told him she was not.
(b) She is wearing high heels.
(c) She had a big lunch.
(d) She is wearing a fur coat.

4. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," who is Dona Rosa?
(a) Merci's great aunt on her mother's side.
(b) The secretary at the school.
(c) A woman in Merci's apartment complex who has died.
(d) The doctor who helped deliver Merci.

5. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," how does Roli change the rules of the game Operation?
(a) He replaces the game's tweezers with a real set of tweezers.
(b) He insists they use the technical names for all the body parts.
(c) He makes them pick up the body parts blindfolded.
(d) He takes the battery out of the game so it will not buzz.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn," where do Isaiah and his family move?

2. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn," what is in the father's notebooks?

3. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what is the name of the apartment complex where Merci and Roli live?

4. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what is the name of Roli's school?

5. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what is Merci's father getting in exchange for painting the school?

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