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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator describe being taken first at a new school in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) The principal's office.
(b) The school counselor.
(c) The school nurse.
(d) The janitor's closet.

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 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 walked away.
(c) He laughed.
(d) He congratulated him.

5. How many different sounds does the narrator say he heard the last time he lay in the grass at the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 92.
(d) 26.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. From what narrative point of view is "A Silvery Night" related?

4. Whose son was pierced by a bullet in "A Prayer"?

5. Where does the narrator describe Dad coming home from in "It's That It Hurts"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has the mother gone to see the fortune teller in "She Had Fallen Asleep Right Away..."?

2. Who is Dona Cuquita and how is she described in "It's That It Hurts"?

3. From what narrative perspective is "A Silvery Night" related? Why do you think the author chose this perspective?

4. When does the narrator say that the protagonist first felt anger in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

5. What becomes of the farmer after he shoots the boy in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

6. What does the minister promise to the workers in "One Afternoon a Minister..."?

7. How is the narrator coerced into keeping their secret in "Hand in His Pocket"?

8. What is the boy's plan for getting water from the tank unnoticed in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

9. What does the protagonist hide from his mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..."?

10. Why does the narrator stop eating sweet breads in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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