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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "First Communion".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was the protagonist's father when he began helping his father plant corn in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Seven.

3. How does the narrator describe the heat having set in, in the opening of "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Gradually.
(b) With gusto.
(c) With severity.
(d) Suddenly.

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

5. What does the narrator say Don Laito began wearing that belonged to the "wetback" in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) His ring.
(b) His watch.
(c) His necklace.
(d) His glasses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The boy who has bullied the narrator in "It's That It Hurts" told him that he did not like Mexicans for what reason?

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

4. How does the narrator describe the roads in the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts"?

5. Where did the protagonist of "First Communion" burn himself on hot coals?

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