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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long does the woman say she has not heard from her son in "She Had Fallen Asleep..."?
(a) Three months.
(b) Two months.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Two weeks.

2. What did Don Laito and Dona Bone say they were building when they had the narrator dig a hole in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) A cellar.
(b) A deck.
(c) A tunnel.
(d) A grave.

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. How does the boss attempt suicide in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) By jumping from a tree.
(b) By hanging.
(c) By overdosing on pills.
(d) By slitting his wrists.

5. What is the protagonist's father afflicted with in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) Pheumonia.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Sunstroke.

6. What word resounds to the protagonist as he carries his little brother to the house after he collapsed in the fields in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) Where.
(b) How.
(c) Why.
(d) What.

7. For how long does the narrator say he had to live with Don Laito and Dona Bone until school ended in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) One month.
(b) Three days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three weeks.

8. At what shrines does the mother claim she has made promises in "A Prayer"?
(a) The Virgen de San Juan and the Virgen de Guadalupe.
(b) The San Juan del Valle and the Virgen de la Leche.
(c) The Virgen de Fatima and the Virgen de Andrea.
(d) The Virgen de Zapopan and the Virgen de Jalisco.

9. Why is the narrator upset that Don Laito and Dona Bone made him work in the yard?
(a) His dad had payed his board.
(b) His brother was allowed to work in the house.
(c) It was too hot outside.
(d) The paid him only 50 cents per day.

10. From what narrative perspective is "The Lost Year" related?
(a) Second person.
(b) Fourth person.
(c) First Person.
(d) Third person.

11. How does the narrator of "The Lost Year" say it always begins for the central figure?
(a) With a song.
(b) With the wind.
(c) With a dream.
(d) With a shadow.

12. 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.

13. From what narrative point of view is "What His Mother Never Knew..." related?
(a) Third person.
(b) Second person.
(c) First person.
(d) Fourth person.

14. What does the mother say she will give in exchange for her son's life in "A Prayer"?
(a) Her husband's life.
(b) Her daughter's life.
(c) Her devotion.
(d) Her own life.

15. Where have the protagonist's aunt and uncle been sent in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) To sanitariums.
(b) To jail.
(c) To Mexico.
(d) To their father's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what narrative point of view is "A Silvery Night" related?

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. Where does the narrator describe being taken first at a new school in "It's That It Hurts"?

4. Where does the narrator say he was placed in the classroom in "It's That It Hurts"?

5. What is printed on the arch over the gate to the cemetery described by the narrator in "It's That It Hurts"?

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