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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Where is the water tank that the migrant workers sneak water from in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) In the center of the field.
(b) On a sandy knoll.
(c) At the edge of the furrow.
(d) Attached to the farmhouse.

3. The narrator in "The Children Couldn't Wait" describes the time of year as being the beginning of what month?
(a) March.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) April.

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 run when he leaves his home after the communion in "First Communion"?
(a) To the church.
(b) To the thicket.
(c) To the beach.
(d) To the cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how long does the narrator say he had to live with Don Laito and Dona Bone until school ended in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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

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

5. What does the protagonist's mother say she has given is father all day in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

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