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

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

3. What music does the girl always hear in "Twist and Shout"?
(a) The Beatles.
(b) Janis Joplin.
(c) Jimi Hendrix.
(d) The Rolling Stones.

4. What did Don Juan de Dios used to do for the girl in Puerto Rico?
(a) Babysat her.
(b) Made snowcones.
(c) Tell stories.
(d) Took her ice skating.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the father do when the girl wanted to go into the sugarcane field?

2. What does the salesman do while telling a story in "Not For Sale"?

3. What does the girl see at Juan de Dios's funeral that makes her run out?

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

5. How does the girl treat her father in "Dividir: To Divide"?

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