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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 has are the repercussions for the protagonist for having hit a boy in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) He is spanked at school.
(b) He is suspended from school.
(c) He is grounded.
(d) He is expelled from school.

2. From what narrative point of view is "It's That It Hurts" related?
(a) Third person.
(b) Fourth person.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

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

4. What does the woman tell the children to watch out for as they cross the bridge in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Passing cars.
(b) The train.
(c) Snakes.
(d) River trolls.

5. 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) Why.
(b) What.
(c) How.
(d) Where.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist's mother say she has given is father all day in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

2. What does the narrator's father want him to be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"?

3. The narrator in "It's That It Hurts" says that in the first fight he had at school he got scared for what reason?

4. Where does the narrator describe his family as staying in "It's That It Hurts"?

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

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