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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Hand in His Pocket".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from "It's That It Hurts" refers to a white person from an English-speaking country?
(a) Comadre.
(b) Gringo.
(c) Albino.
(d) Chicano.

2. What weapon does the boss take out to scare the migrant workers from taking water in the tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A rock.

3. How does the boss attempt suicide in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) By slitting his wrists.
(b) By overdosing on pills.
(c) By jumping from a tree.
(d) By hanging.

4. Who does the central figure of "The Lost Year" realize is calling his name?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) Himself.

5. How does the narrator describe the heat having set in, in the opening of "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) With gusto.
(b) Suddenly.
(c) Gradually.
(d) With severity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What present does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone brought him at the farm after his stay with them in "Hand in His Pocket"?

2. Where is the water tank that the migrant workers sneak water from in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

3. What does the mother say she will give in exchange for her son's life in "A Prayer"?

4. On what day of the week does the narrator describe the ladies picking lice from each other's heads by the chicken coop in "It's That It Hurts"?

5. What has are the repercussions for the protagonist for having hit a boy in "It's That It Hurts"?

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