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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. From what narrative point of view is "What His Mother Never Knew..." related?
(a) Second person.
(b) Fourth person.
(c) Third person.
(d) First person.

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

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

4. The narrator's father says that who has to be on their toes in "Why Do Y'all Go to School So Much?"
(a) The ones higher up.
(b) The poor.
(c) The women.
(d) The children.

5. What is the name of the woman's son who has been listed as MIA in "She Had Fallen Asleep..."?
(a) Julio.
(b) Julianito.
(c) Jorge.
(d) Juan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what narrative point of view is "It's That It Hurts" related?

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

4. Where is the water tank that the migrant workers sneak water from in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

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

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