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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "First Communion".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman tell the children to watch out for as they cross the bridge in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Passing cars.
(b) The train.
(c) Snakes.
(d) River trolls.

2. 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) Julio.
(b) Juan.
(c) Rico.
(d) Ramiro.

3. What does the protagonist's mother say she has given is father all day in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) Water.
(b) Milk.
(c) Chicken broth.
(d) Lemonade.

4. When does the narrator say the priest always held First Communion in "First Communion"?
(a) Mid-summer.
(b) Mid-winter.
(c) Early fall.
(d) Mid-spring.

5. The narrator in "It's That It Hurts" says that he thinks it all started when he got what?
(a) Happy and content at the same time.
(b) Angry and embarrassed at the same time.
(c) Drunk in class.
(d) Slapped across the face by the teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the meat that Dona Bone served him for dinner in "Hand in His Pocket"?

2. Where has the narrator just been in a fight at the school in "It's That It Hurts"?

3. Where does the son tell his father that the working conditions were always better in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

4. 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"?

5. Where does the narrator say he was placed in the classroom in "It's That It Hurts"?

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