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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Paterson Public Library.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl leave on the stove when she leaves her apartment in "Twist and Shout"?
(a) A pot of beans.
(b) A pot of rice.
(c) A carton of milk.
(d) An empty pot.

2. What does Dona Ernestina do with the flags the government offered her?
(a) She keeps them in a drawer.
(b) She denied them.
(c) She burned them.
(d) She is having them framed.

3. "The Lesson of Teeth" says that what will happen if you dream of teeth?
(a) Birth.
(b) Death.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Marriage.

4. 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.

5. In "Absolution in the New Year", what does the girl's mother offer to console her?
(a) Tea.
(b) A hug.
(c) Water.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says "not for sale" in "Not For Sale"?

2. What does the girl's father quote when he sees Fidel Castro on the television?

3. To whom does Marina write a letter in "Letter from a Caribbean Island"?

4. Who was the girl pretending to be in "The Changeling"?

5. Where does Marina watch an old man on the beach?

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