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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 describe the teacher using to check for lice in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Tweezers.
(b) A popsicle stick.
(c) A pencil.
(d) A ruler.

2. What does the narrator say Don Laito began wearing that belonged to the "wetback" in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) His glasses.
(b) His necklace.
(c) His watch.
(d) His ring.

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) Six.
(d) Eight.

4. What did the barber tell the man in "It Was One Hour Before..."?
(a) That he owed him money.
(b) That he was out of business.
(c) That he was closed.
(d) That he could not cut his hair.

5. What does the narrator's father want him to be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A banker.
(b) A telephone operator.
(c) A cotton farmer.
(d) A teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose eyes does the mother ask to be covered in "A Prayer"?

2. In describing the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts," the narrator notes that it looks nothing like the one where?

3. Where does the narrator describe Dad coming home from in "It's That It Hurts"?

4. How long ago was it when a badger got into a neighbor's home in "A Silvery Night"?

5. What happens when the central figure of "The Lost Year" begins to think everything is clearing up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator's father aspire for the narrator to be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where is the location of Utah described in "Comadre, Do You All Plan to Go to Utah?"

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