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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. Under whose house did the protagonist find a costume and mask in "A Silvery Night"?
2. How does the narrator describe the meat that Dona Bone served him for dinner in "Hand in His Pocket"?
3. For how long does the narrator say he had to live with Don Laito and Dona Bone until school ended in "Hand in His Pocket"?
4. Where was the protagonist taken to the shepherds plays in "A Silvery Night"?
5. At what time does the narrator leave his home in "A Silvery Night"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is a "vignette" and how would you describe the vignettes in And the Earth Did Not Devour Him?
2. What happens to the protagonist's younger brother in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"? How does he respond?
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. How does the protagonist respond to his mother's prayers in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
5. Why does the narrator stop eating sweet breads in "Hand in His Pocket"?
6. What does the grandson say he wants most in life in "A Stroke Left the Grandfather Paralyzed..."? How does the grandfather respond?
7. What is the boy's plan for getting water from the tank unnoticed in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
8. What becomes of the farmer after he shoots the boy in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
9. Why does the unnamed character say he does not plan to go to Utah in "Comadre, Do You All Plan to Go to Utah?"
10. To whom does the woman pray in "A Prayer"? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does the minister come talk to the laborers in "One Afternoon a Minister..."? What does he promise them? Why do the laborers never receive the promise made by the minister?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Why does the narrator of "It's That It Hurts" say he got into a fight at school? Do you think that his fighting is justified? Why or why not?
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