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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 word from "It's That It Hurts" refers to a white person from an English-speaking country?
(a) Gringo.
(b) Comadre.
(c) Chicano.
(d) Albino.

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

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

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

5. 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"?
(a) 12.
(b) 26.
(c) 15.
(d) 92.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week does the narrator describe the ladies picking lice from each other's heads by the chicken coop in "It's That It Hurts"?

2. From what narrative point of view is "What His Mother Never Knew..." related?

3. What does the narrator say the janitor used to scare him with during the fight in "It's That It Hurts"?

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

5. 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"?

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