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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 does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone showed him how to make in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Paper airplanes.
(b) Toy boats.
(c) Sweet bread.
(d) Cherry pie.

2. In describing the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts," the narrator notes that it looks nothing like the one where?
(a) In Arkansas.
(b) In Oklahoma.
(c) In Minnesota.
(d) In Texas.

3. What happened to the "wetback" in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) He was hanged.
(b) He was murdered.
(c) He was sent away.
(d) He was arrested.

4. 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) Connect a hose to the tank.
(b) Pretend he is relieving himself.
(c) Pretend to take water to the cattle.
(d) Pretend he is having a heat stroke.

5. The narrator in "It's That It Hurts" says that he thinks it all started when he got what?
(a) Angry and embarrassed at the same time.
(b) Slapped across the face by the teacher.
(c) Drunk in class.
(d) Happy and content at the same time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Don Laito and Dona Bone try to make him steal when he was living with them in "Hand in His Pocket"?

2. How does the narrator describe the meat that Dona Bone served him for dinner in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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"?

4. What does the narrator say was about to start in "It Was One Hour Before..."?

5. Where does the narrator say he was placed in the classroom in "It's That It Hurts"?

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