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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. Why does the boss not immediately stop the workers from taking water from the tank when he catches on to their method in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) So he can arrest the workers for theft.
(b) Because he wants the workers to take the water.
(c) So he can kill the workers when the right time comes.
(d) So he can get away with not paying them after the work is done.

2. Where is Utah describe as being in "Comadre, Do You All Plan to Go to Utah?"
(a) Korea.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Japan.
(d) South Dakota.

3. What is the name of the woman's son who has been listed as MIA in "She Had Fallen Asleep..."?
(a) Julianito.
(b) Julio.
(c) Juan.
(d) Jorge.

4. Why does the responder say no when asked if he plans to go to Utah in "Comadre, Do You All Plan to Go to Utah?"
(a) Because there are no jobs in Utah.
(b) Because the workers in Utah all bring sickness when they return home.
(c) Because they do not trust the man that is contracting people.
(d) Because they do not have the money to travel that far.

5. How does the narrator describe the meat that Dona Bone served him for dinner in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Delicious.
(b) Green.
(c) Succulent.
(d) Tender.

Short Answer Questions

1. When describing the first fight he ever had at school in "It's That It Hurts," the narrator says that they started pushing him toward whom?

2. What happens to the boy at the water tank when the boss attempts to scare the migrants away in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

3. 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"?

4. When does the protagonist in "A Silvery Night" decide to summon the devil?

5. What did the barber tell the man in "It Was One Hour Before..."?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the protagonist respond to his mother's prayers in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

2. To whom does the woman pray in "A Prayer"? Why?

3. 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"?

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

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

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

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

8. Why do the workers not receive what the minister promised them in "One Afternoon a Minister..."?

9. Describe the narrative perspective of "The Lost Year." Why do you think this chapter is related in this way?

10. What is a "vignette" and how would you describe the vignettes in And the Earth Did Not Devour Him?

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