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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 long ago was it when a badger got into a neighbor's home in "A Silvery Night"?

2. What does the person praying ask to protect her son from in "A Prayer"?

3. In describing the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts," the narrator notes that it looks nothing like the one where?

4. The does the narrator say the central figure in "The Lost Year" does when his mind goes blank?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the protagonist respond to his mother's prayers in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

3. What does the protagonist hide from his mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..."?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does the narrator describe his humiliation upon arriving at the new school in "It's That It Hurts"?

10. Why has the mother gone to see the fortune teller in "She Had Fallen Asleep Right Away..."?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Describe the characters of Don Laito and Dona Bone in "Hand in His Pocket." How are these characters perceived by the community? What observations does the narrator make about these characters? Would you consider these characters protagonists or antagonists? Why?

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