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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 narrator's father want him to be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A banker.
(b) A telephone operator.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A cotton farmer.

2. How does the narrator describe the heat having set in, in the opening of "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) With severity.
(b) Suddenly.
(c) Gradually.
(d) With gusto.

3. How many Sundays does the person praying say they have previously come to pray in "A Prayer"?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the prayer addressed in "A Prayer"?

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

3. Whose eyes does the mother ask to be covered in "A Prayer"?

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. Who does the central figure of "The Lost Year" realize is calling his name?

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