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

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) Sweet bread.
(b) Toy boats.
(c) Paper airplanes.
(d) Cherry pie.

2. What is printed on the arch over the gate to the cemetery described by the narrator in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Don't forget me.
(b) In heaven's arms.
(c) Rest in peace.
(d) Rose Hill Cemetery.

3. Under whose house did the protagonist find a costume and mask in "A Silvery Night"?
(a) Don Julio's House.
(b) Don Rayos' house.
(c) Don Ramirez's house.
(d) Don Laito's house.

4. From what narrative point of view is "It's That It Hurts" related?
(a) Fourth person.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

5. What word resounds to the protagonist as he carries his little brother to the house after he collapsed in the fields in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) Why.
(b) Where.
(c) How.
(d) What.

6. How old is the grandson that visits in "A Stroke Left the Grandfather Paralyzed..."?
(a) 25.
(b) 16.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

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

8. What happens to the boy at the water tank when the boss attempts to scare the migrants away in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) He is shot in the head.
(b) He is shot in the foot.
(c) He is crushed by the tank.
(d) He is shot in the shoulder.

9. Why does the boss not like the idea of the migrant workers taking time to drink from the water tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Because the cattle need the water.
(b) Because he needs the water for his crops.
(c) Because they are not on contract.
(d) Because the water is unsanitary.

10. What was the protagonist looking for when he discovered the mask and costume in "A Silvery Night"?
(a) Four-leaf clovers.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Kittens.
(d) A marble.

11. What does the protagonist's friend say happens to most people who try to summon the devil in "A Silvery Night"?
(a) They are abducted.
(b) They go insane.
(c) They die.
(d) They lose their souls.

12. What does the boy tell his father he will do in order to sneak water from the tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Connect a hose to the tank.
(b) Pretend he is relieving himself.
(c) Pretend to take water to the cattle.
(d) Pretend he is having a heat stroke.

13. Until how late do the workers in the fields try to stay working until in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) 5:00.
(b) 6:00.
(c) 3:00.
(d) 4:00.

14. In describing the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts," the narrator notes that it looks nothing like the one where?
(a) In Arkansas.
(b) In Oklahoma.
(c) In Minnesota.
(d) In Texas.

15. Where is the water tank that the migrant workers sneak water from in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) At the edge of the furrow.
(b) On a sandy knoll.
(c) In the center of the field.
(d) Attached to the farmhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does the narrator hope to go to the dump with in "It's That It Hurts"?

2. What does the narrator's father want him to be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"?

3. What does the protagonist's mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..." believe happens to the water?

4. What kind of car does the narrator describe Don Laito and Dona Bone as having in "Hand in His Pocket"?

5. What did Don Laito and Dona Bone try to make him steal when he was living with them in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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