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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "It's That It Hurts".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman tell the dump man to say if he comes to see what they are doing in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) That they came to throw away some stuff.
(b) That they are looking for a lost jacket.
(c) That they are looking for second-hand clothing.
(d) That they are looking for food.

2. What word from "It's That It Hurts" refers to a white person from an English-speaking country?
(a) Chicano.
(b) Gringo.
(c) Comadre.
(d) Albino.

3. The narrator in "It's That It Hurts" says that in the first fight he had at school he got scared for what reason?
(a) Because he gave the boy a bloody nose.
(b) Because everything happened so fast.
(c) Because everything happened so slow.
(d) Because he felt himself falling into rage.

4. 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.

5. When does the boy in "What His Mother Never Knew..." decide he will tell his mother the truth?
(a) When his father gets home.
(b) On his twelfth birthday.
(c) Whe he is grown up.
(d) In the morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Sundays does the person praying say they have previously come to pray in "A Prayer"?

2. The does the narrator say the central figure in "The Lost Year" does when his mind goes blank?

3. Where is the water tank that the migrant workers sneak water from in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

4. For how long does the woman say she has not heard from her son in "She Had Fallen Asleep..."?

5. What of her son's does the mother claim she still keeps in "A Prayer"?

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