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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the protagonist's father afflicted with in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Pheumonia.
(c) Sunstroke.
(d) Cancer.

2. What does the woman imply the dump man likes to keep in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Old newspapers.
(b) Cats.
(c) Pornographic magazines.
(d) Nature magazines.

3. What happens when the central figure of "The Lost Year" begins to think everything is clearing up?
(a) He leaves to go to school.
(b) He hears a bell ring.
(c) He is at a loss for words.
(d) He remembers his mother.

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

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

6. What does the protagonist's mother say she has given is father all day in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) Water.
(b) Chicken broth.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Milk.

7. What word from "It's That It Hurts" refers to a white person from an English-speaking country?
(a) Albino.
(b) Gringo.
(c) Comadre.
(d) Chicano.

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

9. On the night described in "A Silvery Night," the narrator notes that everything was almost clear and it smelled like what?
(a) Day.
(b) Salt.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Rain.

10. 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) Pretend he is having a heat stroke.
(b) Pretend he is relieving himself.
(c) Connect a hose to the tank.
(d) Pretend to take water to the cattle.

11. 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) Sweet bread.
(d) Toy boats.

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

13. For how long does the narrator say he had to live with Don Laito and Dona Bone until school ended in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) One month.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three days.

14. Where was the protagonist taken to the shepherds plays in "A Silvery Night"?
(a) His Uncle Julio's.
(b) His Aunt Maria's.
(c) His uncle Ramirez's.
(d) His Aunt Pana's.

15. 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 they are not on contract.
(b) Because he needs the water for his crops.
(c) Because the cattle need the water.
(d) Because the water is unsanitary.

Short Answer Questions

1. The does the narrator say the central figure in "The Lost Year" does when his mind goes blank?

2. Into whose home did a badger get into, according to the father in "A Silvery Night"?

3. From what narrative point of view is "What His Mother Never Knew..." related?

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

5. Why were the protagonist's aunt and uncle sent away in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

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