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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Night Before Christmas".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say the janitor used to scare him with during the fight in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A rake.
(b) A ruler.
(c) A mop.
(d) A broom.

2. What is printed on the arch over the gate to the cemetery described by the narrator in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) In heaven's arms.
(b) Don't forget me.
(c) Rest in peace.
(d) Rose Hill Cemetery.

3. What word resounds to the protagonist as he carries his little brother to the house after he collapsed in the fields in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) Where.
(b) Why.
(c) What.
(d) How.

4. The boy who has bullied the narrator in "It's That It Hurts" told him that he did not like Mexicans for what reason?
(a) Because they are smelly.
(b) Because they steal.
(c) Because they took his father's job.
(d) Because they are illegal.

5. What did the boss do when the narrator's father told him what the narrator will be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) He congratulated him.
(b) He laughed.
(c) He walked away.
(d) He frowned.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator in "It's That It Hurts" says that he thinks it all started when he got what?

2. What has are the repercussions for the protagonist for having hit a boy in "It's That It Hurts"?

3. How many hours a day does Dona Maria's husband work in "The Night Before Christmas"?

4. What does the narrator describe the protagonist feeling when he saw his mother crying for his uncle and aunt in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

5. What does the protagonist's mother say she has given is father all day in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

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