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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. 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 the cattle need the water.
(b) Because he needs the water for his crops.
(c) Because the water is unsanitary.
(d) Because they are not on contract.

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

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

4. When does the boy in "What His Mother Never Knew..." decide he will tell his mother the truth?
(a) Whe he is grown up.
(b) In the morning.
(c) When his father gets home.
(d) On his twelfth birthday.

5. What is the name of the woman's son who has been listed as MIA in "She Had Fallen Asleep..."?
(a) Juan.
(b) Julio.
(c) Jorge.
(d) Julianito.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the protagonist's mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..." leave water in his room?

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

3. What does one migrant worker say the boss looks like now in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

4. How does the narrator of "The Lost Year" say it always begins for the central figure?

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"?

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