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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator describe his family as staying in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) The north.
(b) The west.
(c) The east.
(d) The south.

2. What does the narrator describe the cemetery as looking like in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A dust field.
(b) A beet field.
(c) A desert.
(d) A golf course.

3. Why does the narrator say he did not sleep the first night at Don Laito and Dona Bone's home in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) He was scared of rats.
(b) He was scared of ghosts.
(c) He was scared of spiders.
(d) He was bitten by fleas.

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

5. How does the boss attempt suicide in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) By hanging.
(b) By jumping from a tree.
(c) By overdosing on pills.
(d) By slitting his wrists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What present does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone brought him at the farm after his stay with them in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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

3. When describing the first fight he ever had at school in "It's That It Hurts," the narrator says that they started pushing him toward whom?

4. What does the narrator's father want him to be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"?

5. What kind of car does the narrator describe Don Laito and Dona Bone as having in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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