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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator's father says that who has to be on their toes in "Why Do Y'all Go to School So Much?"
(a) The ones higher up.
(b) The children.
(c) The women.
(d) The poor.

2. Where does the narrator describe Dad coming home from in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) The shopping center.
(b) The fields.
(c) The church.
(d) The bank.

3. 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"?
(a) Kill his siblings.
(b) Kill his parents.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Kill him.

4. What does the narrator describe the protagonist feeling when he saw his mother crying for his uncle and aunt in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Happiness and peace.
(c) Grief and sorrow.
(d) Hate and anger.

5. Where does the narrator say he prefers to stay rather than going to school in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) The general store.
(b) The church.
(c) The ranch.
(d) His aunt's house.

6. What does the woman tell the children to use to turn over trash at the dump in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A shovel.
(b) A long stick.
(c) A poker rod.
(d) A rake.

7. How does the narrator describe the heat having set in, in the opening of "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Suddenly.
(b) With gusto.
(c) Gradually.
(d) With severity.

8. What did the boss do when the narrator's father told him what the narrator will be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) He frowned.
(b) He congratulated him.
(c) He walked away.
(d) He laughed.

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

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

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

12. Whose eyes does the mother ask to be covered in "A Prayer"?
(a) The Americans and the immigration board.
(b) The Communists, Koreans, and Chinese.
(c) The Germans, Russians, and Chinese.
(d) The Confederates.

13. Who does the central figure of "The Lost Year" realize is calling his name?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) Himself.

14. Where have the protagonist's aunt and uncle been sent in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) To their father's home.
(b) To jail.
(c) To Mexico.
(d) To sanitariums.

15. What did the barber tell the man in "It Was One Hour Before..."?
(a) That he owed him money.
(b) That he could not cut his hair.
(c) That he was closed.
(d) That he was out of business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Don Laito's real name, according to the narrator in "Hand in His Pocket"?

2. Why does the narrator say he did not sleep the first night at Don Laito and Dona Bone's home in "Hand in His Pocket"?

3. How does the boss attempt suicide in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

4. What is printed on the arch over the gate to the cemetery described by the narrator in "It's That It Hurts"?

5. Why is the narrator upset that Don Laito and Dona Bone made him work in the yard?

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