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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 is the water tank that the migrants take water from intended for in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) The cattle.
(b) The crops.
(c) The laborers.
(d) The children.

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

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

4. From what narrative point of view is "What His Mother Never Knew..." related?
(a) Fourth person.
(b) Third person.
(c) First person.
(d) Second person.

5. 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 him.
(b) Kill his siblings.
(c) Kill his parents.
(d) Call the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has the narrator just been in a fight at the school in "It's That It Hurts"?

2. What is Dona Bone's real name, according to the narrator in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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

4. What does the protagonist's friend say happens to most people who try to summon the devil in "A Silvery Night"?

5. What is Don Laito's real name, according to the narrator in "Hand in His Pocket"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the "wetback" start coming to see Dona Bone in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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

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

7. How has the protagonist's father gotten ill in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"? What symptoms does he exhibit?

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

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

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

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