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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dona Maria plan to go to buy toys for her children in "The Night Before Christmas"?
(a) Costco.
(b) Fred's.
(c) Wal-Mart.
(d) Kress.

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

3. Where does Dona Maria's husband work?
(a) A beet farm.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A cotton farm.
(d) A restaurant.

4. How many sins has the protagonist counted that he has committed on the eve of communion in "First Communion"?
(a) 250.
(b) 125.
(c) 100.
(d) 150.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist take with him from home when he leaves in "A Silvery Night"?

2. What color shoes does the man from San Antonio wear in "Out"?

3. What does the narrator describe the cemetery as looking like in "It's That It Hurts"?

4. Of what character does the narrator say she was very careful whenever they went to the dump in "Under the House"?

5. What actually happens to the water every night in "What His Mother Never Knew..."?

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