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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has the narrator just been in a fight at the school in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) On the playground.
(b) In the restroom.
(c) In the cafeteria.
(d) In a classroom.

2. 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) Pretend he is relieving himself.
(b) Pretend to take water to the cattle.
(c) Connect a hose to the tank.
(d) Pretend he is having a heat stroke.

3. What does the woman imply the dump man likes to keep in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Old newspapers.
(b) Nature magazines.
(c) Pornographic magazines.
(d) Cats.

4. Why does the boss not like the idea of the migrant workers taking time to drink from the water tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Because the water is unsanitary.
(b) Because the cattle need the water.
(c) Because he needs the water for his crops.
(d) Because they are not on contract.

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"?
(a) A cellar.
(b) A tunnel.
(c) A deck.
(d) A grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does the narrator describe Don Laito and Dona Bone as having in "Hand in His Pocket"?

2. Until how late do the workers in the fields try to stay working until in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

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

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

5. How many Sundays does the person praying say they have previously come to pray in "A Prayer"?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom does the woman pray in "A Prayer"? Why?

2. What does the minister promise to the workers in "One Afternoon a Minister..."?

3. How has the protagonist's father gotten ill in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"? What symptoms does he exhibit?

4. Why does the "wetback" start coming to see Dona Bone in "Hand in His Pocket"?

5. What does the protagonist hide from his mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..."?

6. What does the woman present as a trade in "A Prayer"?

7. Why does the unnamed character say he does not plan to go to Utah in "Comadre, Do You All Plan to Go to Utah?"

8. What happens to the protagonist's younger brother in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"? How does he respond?

9. How does the narrator describe his treatment by Dona Bone and Don Laito when he first began staying with them in "Hand in His Pocket"?

10. What does the narrator's father aspire for the narrator to be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"? Why?

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