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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 protagonist's mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..." leave water in his room?
(a) For spirits.
(b) For the cat.
(c) In case he is thirsty during the night.
(d) For the dog.

2. From what narrative perspective is "The Lost Year" related?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person.
(c) Fourth person.
(d) First Person.

3. Whose son was pierced by a bullet in "A Prayer"?
(a) Dona Bone's son.
(b) Dona Andrea's son.
(c) Dona Maria's son.
(d) Dona Virginia's son.

4. What does the protagonist's mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..." believe happens to the water?
(a) The spirits drink it.
(b) The cat drinks it.
(c) Her son drinks it.
(d) It evaporates.

5. Whose eyes does the mother ask to be covered in "A Prayer"?
(a) The Germans, Russians, and Chinese.
(b) The Communists, Koreans, and Chinese.
(c) The Americans and the immigration board.
(d) The Confederates.

Short Answer 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?"

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

3. 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"?

4. The mother claims her son wears a medallion of what saint in "A Prayer"?

5. Where does the son tell his father that the working conditions were always better in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

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