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

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 he gave the boy a bloody nose.
(b) Because everything happened so slow.
(c) Because everything happened so fast.
(d) Because he felt himself falling into rage.

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) Rose Hill Cemetery.
(c) Don't forget me.
(d) Rest in peace.

4. What actually happens to the water every night in "What His Mother Never Knew..."?
(a) The boy drinks it.
(b) It evaporates.
(c) The spirits drink it.
(d) The cat drinks it.

5. What does the woman tell the children to watch out for as they cross the bridge in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Passing cars.
(b) Snakes.
(c) River trolls.
(d) The train.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator describe his family as staying in "It's That It Hurts"?

3. What does the boy tell his father he will do in order to sneak water from the tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

4. 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"?

5. What does the person praying ask to protect her son from in "A Prayer"?

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