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

2. What is Dona Bone's real name, according to the narrator in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Dona Julio.
(b) Dona Bonifacia.
(c) Dona Ramiro.
(d) Dona Andreas.

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

4. What actually happens to the water every night in "What His Mother Never Knew..."?
(a) The spirits drink it.
(b) It evaporates.
(c) The boy drinks it.
(d) The cat drinks it.

5. 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 pistol.
(d) A rifle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator upset that Don Laito and Dona Bone made him work in the yard?

2. What did Don Laito and Dona Bone say they were building when they had the narrator dig a hole in "Hand in His Pocket"?

3. What does the woman tell the children to watch out for as they cross the bridge in "It's That It Hurts"?

4. When describing the first fight he ever had at school in "It's That It Hurts," the narrator says that they started pushing him toward whom?

5. 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"?

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