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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the grandmother promise the grandfather when she returned from New York?
(a) To cook him dinner every night.
(b) To stay by his side.
(c) To let him move to the United States.
(d) To raise his children.

2. Who answers the door when the girl goes to study with Eugene?
(a) Eugene's sister.
(b) Eugene's father.
(c) Eugene.
(d) Eugene's mother.

3. 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.

4. What does the salesman do while telling a story in "Not For Sale"?
(a) Gives the girl a free bracelet.
(b) Faints.
(c) Slaps the girl's mother.
(d) Puts a ring on the girl's finger.

5. In "Absolution in the New Year", what does the girl's father feel the girl is becoming?
(a) A liar.
(b) A thief.
(c) A fool.
(d) A Jezebel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the girl's father doing in "The Lesson of the Sugarcane"?

2. What happen to some of the mother's prayers?

3. What color is the fruit in "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish"?

4. What country was liberated in "A Legion of Dark Angels"?

5. How does the girl feel about living in the city?

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