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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 protagonist feeling when he saw his mother crying for his uncle and aunt in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Happiness and peace.
(c) Grief and sorrow.
(d) Hate and anger.

2. How does the narrator describe the meat that Dona Bone served him for dinner in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Delicious.
(b) Succulent.
(c) Green.
(d) Tender.

3. What is printed on the arch over the gate to the cemetery described by the narrator in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) In heaven's arms.
(b) Rest in peace.
(c) Don't forget me.
(d) Rose Hill Cemetery.

4. Where has the narrator just been in a fight at the school in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) In a classroom.
(b) In the cafeteria.
(c) On the playground.
(d) In the restroom.

5. What covers the protagonist's walls in his bedroom in "First Communion"?
(a) Posters of women.
(b) Crosses.
(c) Images of the devil.
(d) Posters of cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. How does the boss attempt suicide in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

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 cemetery as looking like in "It's That It Hurts"?

5. What did Don Laito and Dona Bone say they were building when they had the narrator dig a hole in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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