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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 point of view is "First Communion" related?
2. Who visits on Christmas Eve with a sack of oranges and nuts in "The Night Before Christmas"?
3. Where up north does Dona Maria's family go yearly in "The Night Before Christmas"?
4. What kind of crop does one character talk about, saying if they do well with it he will buy a car in "When We Arrive"?
5. How many hours a day does Dona Maria's husband work in "The Night Before Christmas"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why has the narrator been unable to sleep the night before in "First Communion"?
2. How does one character describe the clerk's response when he ordered hamburgers in "When We Arrive"? Why did the clerk have this response?
3. What does the narrator observe at the cleaners in "First Communion"?
4. Why does one of the workers hope to get a job in Minneapolis in "When We Arrive"?
5. What has Dona Maria always told her children about Santa Clause in "The Night Before Christmas"?
6. Where are the photographs discovered by the children in "The Portrait"? What does this discovery mean?
7. Why is Dona Maria arrested in "The Night Before Christmas"? How does she get out of jail?
8. What does the narrator do after fleeing from his home in "First Communion"?
9. Who buys a portrait in "The Portrait"? Who is the portrait of?
10. How does Ramon feel about his girlfriend in "The Night the Lights Went Out"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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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