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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "A Silvery Night".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When describing the first fight he ever had at school in "It's That It Hurts," the narrator says that they started pushing him toward whom?
(a) Juan.
(b) Rico.
(c) Ramiro.
(d) Julio.

2. Where does the narrator say he was placed in the classroom in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) In the middle.
(b) In the teacher's desk.
(c) In the corner.
(d) In the front row.

3. Under whose house did the protagonist find a costume and mask in "A Silvery Night"?
(a) Don Rayos' house.
(b) Don Ramirez's house.
(c) Don Laito's house.
(d) Don Julio's House.

4. What does one migrant worker say the boss looks like now in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) A banker.
(b) A woman.
(c) A butcher.
(d) A beggar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the janitor used to scare him with during the fight in "It's That It Hurts"?

2. Where has the narrator just been in a fight at the school in "It's That It Hurts"?

3. What does the woman tell the children to watch out for as they cross the bridge in "It's That It Hurts"?

4. What does the woman imply the dump man likes to keep in "It's That It Hurts"?

5. What did the boss do when the narrator's father told him what the narrator will be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"?

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