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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. From what narrative point of view is "First Communion" related?
(a) Second person.
(b) Fourth person.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person.

2. Where do the portrait salesmen come from in "The Portrait"?
(a) Houston.
(b) San Antonio.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Austin.

3. Where do the children find the sack full of pictures in "The Portrait"?
(a) In a suitcase at the hotel.
(b) In a tunnel leading to the dump.
(c) Underneath the pews at the church.
(d) In the cemetery.

4. What is the minister described as having used to smash all the furniture to pieces in "Under the House"?
(a) A rock.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A shovel.
(d) A hatchet.

5. Where up north does Dona Maria's family go yearly in "The Night Before Christmas"?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Idaho.
(d) Indiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist recall his father telling him stories about at night in "Under the House"?

2. Where did the protagonist of "First Communion" burn himself on hot coals?

3. What is the day of the Reyes Magos, according to the narrator in "The Night Before Christmas"?

4. When does the narrator say Dona Maria decided to buy something for her children in "The Night Before Christmas"?

5. For how long does Ramon go away to work and not see his girlfriend in "Out"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the narrative related in "When We Arrive"? Why do you think the author has chosen this narrative style?

2. Where do the portrait sellers come from in "The Portrait"? Why?

3. Why does one of the workers hope to get a job in Minneapolis in "When We Arrive"?

4. How are Don Efrain and Dona Chona described in "The Little Burnt Victims"?

5. Who do the characters surmise probably turned Figueroa in, in "They Let Figueroa Out..."?

6. Where do the children stay when the Garcias go to work in "The Little Burnt Victims"? Why?

7. Why is Dona Maria arrested in "The Night Before Christmas"? How does she get out of jail?

8. What does the narrator do after fleeing from his home in "First Communion"?

9. How is the information relayed to the reader largely in "The Night the Lights Went Out"? Why do you think the author chooses this narrative style?

10. What preparations are described in "It Was a Beautiful Wedding Day..."?

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