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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Children Couldn't Wait".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boss turn to after the incident at the water tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Smoking cigarettes.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Pills.
(d) Therapy.

2. What is the water tank that the migrants take water from intended for in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) The crops.
(b) The cattle.
(c) The laborers.
(d) The children.

3. Why does the boss not like the idea of the migrant workers taking time to drink from the water tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Because he needs the water for his crops.
(b) Because they are not on contract.
(c) Because the water is unsanitary.
(d) Because the cattle need the water.

4. 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 rifle.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A rock.
(d) A dagger.

5. What does the boy tell his father he will do in order to sneak water from the tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Pretend to take water to the cattle.
(b) Pretend he is having a heat stroke.
(c) Pretend he is relieving himself.
(d) Connect a hose to the tank.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the heat having set in, in the opening of "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

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

3. What actually happens to the water every night in "What His Mother Never Knew..."?

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

5. For how long does the woman say she has not heard from her son in "She Had Fallen Asleep..."?

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