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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. What does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone were in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Former spies.
(b) Illegal immigrants.
(c) Bootleggers.
(d) Cattle thieves.

2. What always happens when the central figure of "The Lost Year" turns see who is calling his name?
(a) He turns to find his father staring at him.
(b) He hears the sound of the ocean calling out to him.
(c) He falls down a breaks his ankle.
(d) He makes a complete turn and ends up in the same place.

3. How old is the boy that becomes sick in the fields at 4:00 in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

4. The mother claims her son wears a medallion of what saint in "A Prayer"?
(a) The Virgen de Jalisco.
(b) The Virgen dela Leche.
(c) The Virgen de San Juan del Valle.
(d) The Virgen de Zapopan.

5. On what day of the week does the narrator describe the ladies picking lice from each other's heads by the chicken coop in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Saturdays.
(b) Sundays.
(c) Mondays.
(d) Fridays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Don Laito and Dona Bone say they were building when they had the narrator dig a hole in "Hand in His Pocket"?

2. What word from "It's That It Hurts" refers to a white person from an English-speaking country?

3. What is the name of the woman's son who has been listed as MIA in "She Had Fallen Asleep..."?

4. How does the narrator describe the meat that Dona Bone served him for dinner in "Hand in His Pocket"?

5. What does the boss turn to after the incident at the water tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the protagonist sneak out of his home in "A Silvery Night"?

2. How does the narrator describe his treatment by Dona Bone and Don Laito when he first began staying with them in "Hand in His Pocket"?

3. Why does the farmer hold off from firing the laborers for taking water in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

4. What happens when the protagonist goes to the knoll in "A Silvery Night"?

5. How is the cemetery described in "It's That It Hurts"?

6. How does the narrator describe his humiliation upon arriving at the new school in "It's That It Hurts"?

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

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

9. What happens when the protagonist hears someone calling his name in "The Lost Year"?

10. How are Dona Bone and Don Laito perceived by their community?

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