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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does one migrant worker say the boss looks like now in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
2. What does the woman tell the children to use to turn over trash at the dump in "It's That It Hurts"?
3. Where does the narrator describe being taken first at a new school in "It's That It Hurts"?
4. What does the narrator describe the teacher using to check for lice in "It's That It Hurts"?
5. Why is the narrator upset that Don Laito and Dona Bone made him work in the yard?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when the protagonist hears someone calling his name in "The Lost Year"?
2. Describe the narrative perspective of "The Lost Year." Why do you think this chapter is related in this way?
3. Why does the protagonist sneak out of his home in "A Silvery Night"?
4. Why does the farmer hold off from firing the laborers for taking water in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
5. What happens when the protagonist goes to the knoll in "A Silvery Night"?
6. How is the cemetery described in "It's That It Hurts"?
7. Why has the narrator been expelled from school in "It's That It Hurts"?
8. Why does the narrator stop eating sweet breads in "Hand in His Pocket"?
9. What is a "vignette" and how would you describe the vignettes in And the Earth Did Not Devour Him?
10. Why do the workers not receive what the minister promised them in "One Afternoon a Minister..."?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What has happened to the narrator's father and brother in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"? Why? Why does the narrator feel responsible? What leads to the recovery of the father and brother?
Essay Topic 2
What happens to Ramon in "The Night the Lights Went Out"? How does he come to this fate? Do you think that he is justified in his actions? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Why does the narrator of "It's That It Hurts" say he got into a fight at school? Do you think that his fighting is justified? Why or why not?
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