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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. Where does the narrator say he prefers to stay rather than going to school in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) The church.
(b) The ranch.
(c) His aunt's house.
(d) The general store.

2. How many different sounds does the narrator say he heard the last time he lay in the grass at the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) 26.
(b) 12.
(c) 92.
(d) 15.

3. 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 illegal.
(b) Because they are smelly.
(c) Because they steal.
(d) Because they took his father's job.

4. When describing the first fight he ever had at school in "It's That It Hurts," the narrator says that they started pushing him toward whom?
(a) Ramiro.
(b) Rico.
(c) Julio.
(d) Juan.

5. Where has the narrator just been in a fight at the school in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) In a classroom.
(b) On the playground.
(c) In the cafeteria.
(d) In the restroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is downtown from Dona Maria's home in "The Night Before Christmas"?

2. How does the narrator describe the roads in the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts"?

3. Where does Dona Maria's husband work?

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

5. Where does Dona Maria plan to go to buy toys for her children in "The Night Before Christmas"?

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