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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. From what narrative perspective is "The Lost Year" related?
2. When does the boy in "What His Mother Never Knew..." decide he will tell his mother the truth?
3. The narrator in "It's That It Hurts" says that in the first fight he had at school he got scared for what reason?
4. What does one migrant worker say the boss looks like now in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
5. When does the protagonist in "A Silvery Night" decide to summon the devil?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are Dona Bone and Don Laito perceived by their community?
2. How does the protagonist respond to his mother's prayers in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
3. How does the narrator describe his treatment by Dona Bone and Don Laito when he first began staying with them in "Hand in His Pocket"?
4. Why has the mother gone to see the fortune teller in "She Had Fallen Asleep Right Away..."?
5. Why do the workers not receive what the minister promised them in "One Afternoon a Minister..."?
6. What does the woman present as a trade in "A Prayer"?
7. Why has the narrator been expelled from school in "It's That It Hurts"?
8. What is the boy's plan for getting water from the tank unnoticed in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
9. How has the protagonist's father gotten ill in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"? What symptoms does he exhibit?
10. Why does the unnamed character say he does not plan to go to Utah in "Comadre, Do You All Plan to Go to Utah?"
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the main protagonist in And the Earth Did Not Devour Him. What characteristics does he exhibit? What are his actions in the story? How does the protagonist change from the beginning of the novel to the end?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the language style of And the Earth Did Not Devour Him. What are examples of idioms or localized accents that are demonstrated in the novel? How does the characters' dialogue differ from the main text?
Essay Topic 3
What is the woman praying for in "A Prayer"? Why? What is revealed about this character through her words and actions in this chapter?
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