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

2. What happens when the central figure of "The Lost Year" begins to think everything is clearing up?
(a) He leaves to go to school.
(b) He remembers his mother.
(c) He is at a loss for words.
(d) He hears a bell ring.

3. Why does the boss not immediately stop the workers from taking water from the tank when he catches on to their method in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) So he can kill the workers when the right time comes.
(b) Because he wants the workers to take the water.
(c) So he can get away with not paying them after the work is done.
(d) So he can arrest the workers for theft.

4. 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.

5. What does the protagonist's mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..." believe happens to the water?
(a) The cat drinks it.
(b) The spirits drink it.
(c) It evaporates.
(d) Her son drinks it.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what narrative perspective is "The Lost Year" related?

2. What does the boy tell his father he will do in order to sneak water from the tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

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

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

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

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