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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the grandmother's story, what does the husband thank God for?
(a) For money.
(b) For power.
(c) For salt.
(d) For food.

2. 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 Jezebel.
(d) A fool.

3. What does the girl first notice about the woman that talks to her in the show in "An Early Mystery"?
(a) Her smell.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her clothes.
(d) Her voice.

4. The book of dreams in Spanish says that the tree represents what?
(a) The girl's education.
(b) The girl's dreams.
(c) The girl's mother.
(d) The girl's father.

5. How does the girl's mother react to the girl's father in "Fever"?
(a) She complains.
(b) She is silent.
(c) She argues.
(d) She cries.

6. What animal is rumored to be among the sugarcane?
(a) Slugs.
(b) Weasels.
(c) Boars.
(d) Snakes.

7. Who says that sugarcane is dangerous?
(a) The father.
(b) The girl.
(c) A stranger.
(d) The mother.

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

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

10. Where did Eugene move from?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Florida.
(d) South Carolina.

11. Who answers the door at the apartment the girl visits in "By Love Betrayed"?
(a) A mean redhead.
(b) A serious looking brunette.
(c) A wild looking blonde.
(d) Her father.

12. Who was the girl pretending to be in "The Changeling"?
(a) Her father.
(b) Che Guevara.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) Her brother.

13. What did "they" float through in "A Legion of Dark Angels"?
(a) Florida.
(b) The sky.
(c) The crowd.
(d) The ocean.

14. In "Fever", what does the girl compare pain to?
(a) A music box.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A set of blocks.
(d) A rag doll.

15. What type of fruit tree is in "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish"?
(a) Apple.
(b) Fig.
(c) Banana.
(d) Tamarind.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Lesson of the Sugarcane", what does the girl's mother want her to smell?

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

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

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

5. How is Fidel Castro described in "A Legion of Dark Angels"?

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