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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lesson of the Sugarcane.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Lesson of the Sugarcane", what does the girl's mother want her to smell?
(a) Flat tires.
(b) The sun.
(c) Freshly cut grass.
(d) Sugarcane.

2. What happen to some of the mother's prayers?
(a) They haunt the apartment.
(b) They dissolve into space.
(c) They fall on the girl.
(d) They get lost in the kitchen.

3. How does the girl's father respond to the salesman in "Not For Sale"?
(a) He is confused.
(b) He is pleased.
(c) He is saddened.
(d) He is outraged.

4. What does the girl notice about the type of voice her mother uses with the shopkeeper in "An Early Mystery"?
(a) It's more soothing than she is used to hearing.
(b) It's quiter than normal.
(c) It's like the one she uses with her father.
(d) It's unlike any voice she has heard.

5. What is the girl's father doing in "The Lesson of the Sugarcane"?
(a) Changing a flat tire.
(b) Testing new tires.
(c) Making a tire swing.
(d) Selling repaired flat tires.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl do in her room in "Not For Sale"?

2. What animal will watch the grave in "Volar: To Fly"?

3. In "An Early Mystery", what does the woman ask the girl?

4. What did the girl do in "The Lesson of the Sugarcane" while she waited in the car?

5. Why does the girl leave her apartment in "Twist and Shout"?

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