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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "It's That It Hurts".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the responder say no when asked if he plans to go to Utah in "Comadre, Do You All Plan to Go to Utah?"
(a) Because they do not trust the man that is contracting people.
(b) Because they do not have the money to travel that far.
(c) Because the workers in Utah all bring sickness when they return home.
(d) Because there are no jobs in Utah.

2. What always happens when the central figure of "The Lost Year" turns see who is calling his name?
(a) He hears the sound of the ocean calling out to him.
(b) He makes a complete turn and ends up in the same place.
(c) He turns to find his father staring at him.
(d) He falls down a breaks his ankle.

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

4. Where does the son tell his father that the working conditions were always better in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Down south.
(b) Overseas.
(c) Out west.
(d) Up north.

5. 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) 26.
(b) 15.
(c) 92.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the name of the woman's son who has been listed as MIA in "She Had Fallen Asleep..."?

3. The narrator in "It's That It Hurts" says that in the first fight he had at school he got scared for what reason?

4. What has are the repercussions for the protagonist for having hit a boy in "It's That It Hurts"?

5. What does the boss turn to after the incident at the water tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

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