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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. Why does the girl slip away from Manny at the party?
(a) He is not dancing at all.
(b) He is talking too much.
(c) He is dancing too roughly.
(d) He is looking at another girl.

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

3. What does the girl hear at night in "Orar: To Pray"?
(a) Her mother kneeling.
(b) Her mother leaving.
(c) Her mother crying.
(d) Her mother calling her aunt.

4. What does the girl do in her room in "Not For Sale"?
(a) Talks with her mother.
(b) Makes up stories.
(c) Sings songs.
(d) Writes poems.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the girl's mother act with the shopkeeper in "An Early Mystery"?

3. Who is Manny?

4. What music does the girl always hear in "Twist and Shout"?

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

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