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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. On what day of the week does the Garcia family return home from the movie theater in "The Little Burnt Victims"?
(a) Friday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

2. Where did Ramon and his girfriend buy rings for each other, according to the narrator in "Out"?
(a) Wal-Mart.
(b) Fred's.
(c) Costco.
(d) Kress.

3. What does the protagonist throw rocks at in "First Communion"?
(a) A dartboard.
(b) A window.
(c) A cactus.
(d) A cat.

4. 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) In the cemetery.
(d) Underneath the pews at the church.

5. Dona Chona says of her children in "The Little Burnt Victims" that the older they get the more what they become?
(a) Restless.
(b) Educated.
(c) Hateful.
(d) Resentful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many hours a day does Dona Maria's husband work in "The Night Before Christmas"?

3. Who loaned one of the characters money that gave him enough to buy food for two months in "When We Arrive"?

4. Where is Ramon planning to return soon in "Out"?

5. At what time do the field workers see smoke rising from the farm in "The Little Burnt Victims"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ramon feel about his girlfriend in "The Night the Lights Went Out"?

2. What is said of Dona Cuquita in "Under the House"?

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

4. Why does Bartolo pass through town every December?

5. What is remarked about the protagonist as he walks away in "Under the House"?

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

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

8. Why is the protagonist under the house in "Under the House"?

9. Why does Dona Maria become panicked when she goes shopping for toys in "The Night Before Christmas"?

10. How does one character describe the clerk's response when he ordered hamburgers in "When We Arrive"? Why did the clerk have this response?

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