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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. How does the narrator of "The Lost Year" say it always begins for the central figure?
(a) With a song.
(b) With the wind.
(c) With a dream.
(d) With a shadow.

2. From where does the mother pray her son will return safe and sound in "A Prayer"?
(a) Germany.
(b) China.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Korea.

3. 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 poker rod.
(c) A rake.
(d) A long stick.

4. How old is the grandson that visits in "A Stroke Left the Grandfather Paralyzed..."?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the protagonist taken to the shepherds plays in "A Silvery Night"?

2. The mother claims her son wears a medallion of what saint in "A Prayer"?

3. How old was the protagonist's father when he began helping his father plant corn in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

4. 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"?

5. What does the woman imply the dump man likes to keep in "It's That It Hurts"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is the cemetery described in "It's That It Hurts"?

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

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

7. What happens when the protagonist hears someone calling his name in "The Lost Year"?

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

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

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

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