View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Night the Lights Went Out".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone showed him how to make in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Toy boats.
(b) Sweet bread.
(c) Cherry pie.
(d) Paper airplanes.

2. Where is Utah describe as being in "Comadre, Do You All Plan to Go to Utah?"
(a) South Dakota.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Korea.
(d) Japan.

3. What does the narrator say Don Laito began wearing that belonged to the "wetback" in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) His glasses.
(b) His ring.
(c) His necklace.
(d) His watch.

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

5. What does the narrator say was about to start in "It Was One Hour Before..."?
(a) The church services.
(b) The wedding.
(c) The boxing match.
(d) The afternoon movie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he never saw Don Laito or Dona Bone doing in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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

3. What does the woman tell the children to use to turn over trash at the dump in "It's That It Hurts"?

4. Where does the protagonist witness a couple copulating in "First Communion"?

5. The narrator in "It's That It Hurts" says that he thinks it all started when he got what?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 272 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample