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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. What does the boss turn to after the incident at the water tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Pills.
(c) Smoking cigarettes.
(d) Therapy.

2. The narrator in "It's That It Hurts" says that in the first fight he had at school he got scared for what reason?
(a) Because everything happened so slow.
(b) Because he felt himself falling into rage.
(c) Because everything happened so fast.
(d) Because he gave the boy a bloody nose.

3. When does the boy in "What His Mother Never Knew..." decide he will tell his mother the truth?
(a) On his twelfth birthday.
(b) When his father gets home.
(c) In the morning.
(d) Whe he is grown up.

4. What of her son's does the mother claim she still keeps in "A Prayer"?
(a) His paintings.
(b) His toys.
(c) His diary.
(d) His letters.

5. In describing the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts," the narrator notes that it looks nothing like the one where?
(a) In Texas.
(b) In Oklahoma.
(c) In Arkansas.
(d) In Minnesota.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the roads in the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts"?

2. Where has the narrator just been in a fight at the school in "It's That It Hurts"?

3. Why does the boss not immediately stop the workers from taking water from the tank when he catches on to their method in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

4. What does the woman tell the dump man to say if he comes to see what they are doing in "It's That It Hurts"?

5. What does the mother say she will give in exchange for her son's life in "A Prayer"?

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