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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator say he was placed in the classroom in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) In the corner.
(b) In the middle.
(c) In the front row.
(d) In the teacher's desk.

2. How many children do Don Efrain and Dona Chona have in "The Little Burnt Victims"?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. What of her son's does the mother claim she still keeps in "A Prayer"?
(a) His paintings.
(b) His letters.
(c) His diary.
(d) His toys.

4. When does the protagonist in "A Silvery Night" decide to summon the devil?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Noon.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Dusk.

5. What is the protagonist's father afflicted with in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) Sunstroke.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Pheumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator left the home of Don Laito and Dona Bone with his family, they told him not to say anything or they would do what in "Hand in His Pocket"?

2. Who was frying eggs when the fire broke out in "The Little Burnt Victims"?

3. What does Dad describe the women picking lice as looking like in "It's That It Hurts"?

4. Why does the responder say no when asked if he plans to go to Utah in "Comadre, Do You All Plan to Go to Utah?"

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

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