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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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"?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 92.
(d) 26.

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

4. What does the boy tell his father he will do in order to sneak water from the tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Pretend to take water to the cattle.
(b) Pretend he is relieving himself.
(c) Pretend he is having a heat stroke.
(d) Connect a hose to the tank.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the meat that Dona Bone served him for dinner in "Hand in His Pocket"?

2. When the narrator left the home of Don Laito and Dona Bone with his family, they told him not to say anything or they would do what in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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

4. What does the narrator describe the protagonist feeling when he saw his mother crying for his uncle and aunt in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

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

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