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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. Whose son was pierced by a bullet in "A Prayer"?
(a) Dona Maria's son.
(b) Dona Virginia's son.
(c) Dona Andrea's son.
(d) Dona Bone's son.

2. What does the woman tell the children to use to turn over trash at the dump in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A shovel.
(b) A long stick.
(c) A rake.
(d) A poker rod.

3. What does the protagonist's mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..." believe happens to the water?
(a) The cat drinks it.
(b) It evaporates.
(c) The spirits drink it.
(d) Her son drinks it.

4. What did the minister have a man come to teach the workers at the farm in "One Afternoon a Minister..."?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Carpentry.
(c) Reading.
(d) Math.

5. What is printed on the arch over the gate to the cemetery described by the narrator in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) In heaven's arms.
(b) Don't forget me.
(c) Rose Hill Cemetery.
(d) Rest in peace.

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. From what narrative point of view is "It's That It Hurts" related?

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

4. From where does the mother pray her son will return safe and sound in "A Prayer"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the woman present as a trade in "A Prayer"?

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

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

4. 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"?

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

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

7. Why has the narrator been expelled from school in "It's That It Hurts"?

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

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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