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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Under the House".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In describing the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts," the narrator notes that it looks nothing like the one where?
(a) In Texas.
(b) In Arkansas.
(c) In Oklahoma.
(d) In Minnesota.

2. Whose nose is said to always start bleeding in "The Little Burnt Victims"?
(a) Julio's.
(b) Juan's.
(c) Enrico's.
(d) Ramon's.

3. 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"?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Kill his siblings.
(d) Kill his parents.

4. How much money was one of the characters loaned, allowing him to buy food for two months in "When We Arrive"?
(a) $100.
(b) $400.
(c) $200.
(d) $300.

5. The narrator's father says that who has to be on their toes in "Why Do Y'all Go to School So Much?"
(a) The women.
(b) The children.
(c) The ones higher up.
(d) The poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the minister have a man come to teach the workers at the farm in "One Afternoon a Minister..."?

2. What happened to the "wetback" in "Hand in His Pocket"?

3. What does the narrator describe the cemetery as looking like in "It's That It Hurts"?

4. What did Don Laito and Dona Bone try to make him steal when he was living with them in "Hand in His Pocket"?

5. What did Don Laito and Dona Bone say they were building when they had the narrator dig a hole in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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