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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 has the narrator just been in a fight at the school in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) On the playground.
(b) In the cafeteria.
(c) In the restroom.
(d) In a classroom.

2. What did the boss do when the narrator's father told him what the narrator will be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) He frowned.
(b) He walked away.
(c) He congratulated him.
(d) He laughed.

3. What does the person praying ask to protect her son from in "A Prayer"?
(a) Gunfire.
(b) Greed.
(c) Temptation.
(d) The Germans.

4. What always happens when the central figure of "The Lost Year" turns see who is calling his name?
(a) He turns to find his father staring at him.
(b) He falls down a breaks his ankle.
(c) He hears the sound of the ocean calling out to him.
(d) He makes a complete turn and ends up in the same place.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has are the repercussions for the protagonist for having hit a boy in "It's That It Hurts"?

2. How does the narrator of "The Lost Year" say it always begins for the central figure?

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

4. The boy who has bullied the narrator in "It's That It Hurts" told him that he did not like Mexicans for what reason?

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

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