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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the boss not like the idea of the migrant workers taking time to drink from the water tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Because he needs the water for his crops.
(b) Because the cattle need the water.
(c) Because the water is unsanitary.
(d) Because they are not on contract.

2. From what narrative point of view is "It's That It Hurts" related?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person.
(c) First person.
(d) Fourth person.

3. Where does the narrator describe his family as staying in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) The south.
(b) The west.
(c) The east.
(d) The north.

4. Where does the protagonist run when he leaves his home after the communion in "First Communion"?
(a) To the cemetery.
(b) To the church.
(c) To the beach.
(d) To the thicket.

5. 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) 15.
(b) 92.
(c) 12.
(d) 26.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator say he prefers to stay rather than going to school in "It's That It Hurts"?

2. What did the barber tell the man in "It Was One Hour Before..."?

3. What does the woman tell the children to use to turn over trash at the dump in "It's That It Hurts"?

4. When the narrator left the home of Don Laito and Dona Bone with his family, they told him not to say anything or they would do what in "Hand in His Pocket"?

5. What does Dad describe the women picking lice as looking like in "It's That It Hurts"?

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