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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe the teacher using to check for lice in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A popsicle stick.
(b) Tweezers.
(c) A pencil.
(d) A ruler.

2. Where have the protagonist's aunt and uncle been sent in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) To Mexico.
(b) To jail.
(c) To sanitariums.
(d) To their father's home.

3. In describing the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts," the narrator notes that it looks nothing like the one where?
(a) In Minnesota.
(b) In Texas.
(c) In Arkansas.
(d) In Oklahoma.

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

5. Where does the protagonist witness a couple copulating in "First Communion"?
(a) In an apartment building.
(b) Inside the church.
(c) At the cleaners.
(d) In a field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the boss do when the narrator's father told him what the narrator will be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"?

2. What covers the protagonist's walls in his bedroom in "First Communion"?

3. Where does the narrator describe being taken first at a new school in "It's That It Hurts"?

4. What is Don Laito's real name, according to the narrator in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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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