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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Under the House".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the unnamed characters curses the life of the migrant workers in "When We Arrive." Where does this character say he will go to get a job as soon as the truck unloads?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) New York.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Cleveland.

2. From where does the mother pray her son will return safe and sound in "A Prayer"?
(a) Germany.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Korea.
(d) China.

3. How many Sundays does the person praying say they have previously come to pray in "A Prayer"?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

4. What does the protagonist recall his father telling him stories about at night in "Under the House"?
(a) Werewolves.
(b) Witches.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Vampires.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator in "The Children Couldn't Wait" describes the time of year as being the beginning of what month?

2. What did the barber tell the man in "It Was One Hour Before..."?

3. When describing the first fight he ever had at school in "It's That It Hurts," the narrator says that they started pushing him toward whom?

4. The narrator's father says that who has to be on their toes in "Why Do Y'all Go to School So Much?"

5. Where did Ramon and his girfriend buy rings for each other, according to the narrator in "Out"?

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