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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 one migrant worker say the boss looks like now in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) A beggar.
(b) A butcher.
(c) A banker.
(d) A woman.

2. What does the narrator say was about to start in "It Was One Hour Before..."?
(a) The church services.
(b) The wedding.
(c) The afternoon movie.
(d) The boxing match.

3. Who does the central figure of "The Lost Year" realize is calling his name?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) Himself.

4. Why were the protagonist's aunt and uncle sent away in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) They contracted tuberculosis.
(b) They were caught stealing.
(c) They were illegal immigrants.
(d) They contracted polio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone showed him how to make in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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

3. What word resounds to the protagonist as he carries his little brother to the house after he collapsed in the fields in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

4. The narrator's father says that who has to be on their toes in "Why Do Y'all Go to School So Much?"

5. Where does the narrator describe being taken first at a new school in "It's That It Hurts"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the unnamed character say he does not plan to go to Utah in "Comadre, Do You All Plan to Go to Utah?"

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

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

4. What does the grandson say he wants most in life in "A Stroke Left the Grandfather Paralyzed..."? How does the grandfather respond?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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