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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. Where does Dona Maria's husband say she got lost downtown in Minnesota in "The Night Before Christmas"?
(a) Malvern.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Wilmar.
(d) Texarkana.

2. How does the narrator describe the roads in the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) All paved.
(b) All wooden.
(c) All dirt.
(d) All brick-laid.

3. Where does the narrator describe being taken first at a new school in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) The school nurse.
(b) The principal's office.
(c) The janitor's closet.
(d) The school counselor.

4. What does Dad describe the women picking lice as looking like in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Chickens in a pen.
(b) Parrots in the zoo.
(c) Monkeys in the zoo.
(d) Pigs on a farm.

5. Where does Dona Maria's husband work?
(a) A cotton farm.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A beet farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the protagonist's aunt and uncle sent away in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

2. Where have the protagonist's aunt and uncle been sent in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

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

4. The narrator in "It's That It Hurts" says that he thinks it all started when he got what?

5. Where does the narrator describe Dad coming home from in "It's That It Hurts"?

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