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

2. The narrator in "It's That It Hurts" says that in the first fight he had at school he got scared for what reason?
(a) Because everything happened so fast.
(b) Because he felt himself falling into rage.
(c) Because he gave the boy a bloody nose.
(d) Because everything happened so slow.

3. With whom does the narrator hope to go to the dump with in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Dona Maria.
(b) Dona Cuquita.
(c) Dona Bone.
(d) Dona Alicia.

4. What does the narrator say the janitor used to scare him with during the fight in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A ruler.
(b) A mop.
(c) A rake.
(d) A broom.

5. The narrator in "It's That It Hurts" says that he thinks it all started when he got what?
(a) Slapped across the face by the teacher.
(b) Drunk in class.
(c) Happy and content at the same time.
(d) Angry and embarrassed at the same time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman tell the children to use to turn over trash at the dump in "It's That It Hurts"?

2. What is the day of the Reyes Magos, according to the narrator in "The Night Before Christmas"?

3. 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"?

4. The narrator's father says that who has to be on their toes in "Why Do Y'all Go to School So Much?"

5. Where does Dona Maria's husband say she got lost downtown in Minnesota in "The Night Before Christmas"?

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