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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. How many Sundays does the person praying say they have previously come to pray in "A Prayer"?

2. What did the minister have a man come to teach the workers at the farm in "One Afternoon a Minister..."?

3. How does the narrator of "The Lost Year" say it always begins for the central figure?

4. From what narrative point of view is "It's That It Hurts" related?

5. What is Don Laito's real name, according to the narrator in "Hand in His Pocket"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does the "wetback" start coming to see Dona Bone in "Hand in His Pocket"?

7. What is the boy's plan for getting water from the tank unnoticed in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

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

9. How are Dona Bone and Don Laito perceived by their community?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the protagonist as he is observed in "Under the House." How old do you perceive the character as being at this point in the novel? What does the mother remark about him? What does he remark about himself?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the different narrative styles that are employed in And the Earth Did Not Devour Him. Why do you think the author changes narrative styles throughout the novel? What is reflected through these transitions?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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