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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does the narrator hope to go to the dump with in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Dona Cuquita.
(b) Dona Bone.
(c) Dona Alicia.
(d) Dona Maria.

2. What is the water tank that the migrants take water from intended for in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) The laborers.
(b) The children.
(c) The crops.
(d) The cattle.

3. What does the boy tell his father he will do in order to sneak water from the tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Connect a hose to the tank.
(b) Pretend to take water to the cattle.
(c) Pretend he is having a heat stroke.
(d) Pretend he is relieving himself.

4. What does the narrator say the janitor used to scare him with during the fight in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A broom.
(b) A ruler.
(c) A mop.
(d) A rake.

5. The narrator in "The Children Couldn't Wait" describes the time of year as being the beginning of what month?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) March.
(d) April.

6. What does the protagonist's friend say happens to most people who try to summon the devil in "A Silvery Night"?
(a) They go insane.
(b) They are abducted.
(c) They die.
(d) They lose their souls.

7. From where does the mother pray her son will return safe and sound in "A Prayer"?
(a) Germany.
(b) China.
(c) Korea.
(d) Vietnam.

8. What does Dad describe the women picking lice as looking like in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Chickens in a pen.
(b) Parrots in the zoo.
(c) Monkeys in the zoo.
(d) Pigs on a farm.

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

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

11. Until how late do the workers in the fields try to stay working until in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) 5:00.
(b) 3:00.
(c) 4:00.
(d) 6:00.

12. Where was the protagonist taken to the shepherds plays in "A Silvery Night"?
(a) His Aunt Pana's.
(b) His uncle Ramirez's.
(c) His Aunt Maria's.
(d) His Uncle Julio's.

13. Whose son was pierced by a bullet in "A Prayer"?
(a) Dona Maria's son.
(b) Dona Virginia's son.
(c) Dona Andrea's son.
(d) Dona Bone's son.

14. What does the narrator describe the teacher using to check for lice in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Tweezers.
(b) A ruler.
(c) A pencil.
(d) A popsicle stick.

15. To whom is the prayer addressed in "A Prayer"?
(a) Jesus Christ.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hare Krishna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone showed him how to make in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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"?

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

4. Whose eyes does the mother ask to be covered in "A Prayer"?

5. Where is Utah describe as being in "Comadre, Do You All Plan to Go to Utah?"

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