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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Night Before Christmas".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe the cemetery as looking like in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A beet field.
(b) A desert.
(c) A dust field.
(d) A golf course.

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

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

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

5. Where does the narrator describe Dad coming home from in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) The church.
(b) The shopping center.
(c) The bank.
(d) The fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has are the repercussions for the protagonist for having hit a boy in "It's That It Hurts"?

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

3. 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"?

4. Where up north does Dona Maria's family go yearly in "The Night Before Christmas"?

5. What does Dad describe the women picking lice as looking like in "It's That It Hurts"?

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