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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the minister have a man come to teach the workers at the farm in "One Afternoon a Minister..."?
(a) Math.
(b) Reading.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Carpentry.

2. The narrator in "It's That It Hurts" says that in the first fight he had at school he got scared for what reason?
(a) Because everything happened so fast.
(b) Because everything happened so slow.
(c) Because he felt himself falling into rage.
(d) Because he gave the boy a bloody nose.

3. What has are the repercussions for the protagonist for having hit a boy in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) He is spanked at school.
(b) He is expelled from school.
(c) He is grounded.
(d) He is suspended from school.

4. 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 to take water to the cattle.
(c) Pretend he is having a heat stroke.
(d) Pretend he is relieving himself.

5. What does the narrator's father want him to be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A telephone operator.
(c) A cotton farmer.
(d) A banker.

6. What does the protagonist's mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..." believe happens to the water?
(a) It evaporates.
(b) The spirits drink it.
(c) Her son drinks it.
(d) The cat drinks it.

7. Whose son was pierced by a bullet in "A Prayer"?
(a) Dona Maria's son.
(b) Dona Bone's son.
(c) Dona Virginia's son.
(d) Dona Andrea's son.

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

9. What does the narrator say Don Laito began wearing that belonged to the "wetback" in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) His ring.
(b) His necklace.
(c) His glasses.
(d) His watch.

10. What does Dad describe the women picking lice as looking like in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Pigs on a farm.
(b) Monkeys in the zoo.
(c) Chickens in a pen.
(d) Parrots in the zoo.

11. For how long does the woman say she has not heard from her son in "She Had Fallen Asleep..."?
(a) Three months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Two months.

12. What does the narrator say he never saw Don Laito or Dona Bone doing in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Talking.
(d) Eating.

13. What is Don Laito's real name, according to the narrator in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Don Julio.
(b) Don Marquez.
(c) Don Ramiro.
(d) Don Hilario.

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

15. Where does the protagonist of "What His Mother Never Knew..." leave a glass of water every night?
(a) On the bedside table.
(b) On the kitchen table.
(c) On a bookshelf.
(d) Under his bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the central figure of "The Lost Year" realize is calling his name?

2. What does the narrator say was about to start in "It Was One Hour Before..."?

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"?

4. How does the narrator describe the heat having set in, in the opening of "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

5. 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"?

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