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

2. Whose eyes does the mother ask to be covered in "A Prayer"?
(a) The Confederates.
(b) The Communists, Koreans, and Chinese.
(c) The Germans, Russians, and Chinese.
(d) The Americans and the immigration board.

3. How does the narrator describe the meat that Dona Bone served him for dinner in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Succulent.
(b) Green.
(c) Delicious.
(d) Tender.

4. What does the narrator describe the teacher using to check for lice in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A ruler.
(c) Tweezers.
(d) A popsicle stick.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator describe being taken first at a new school in "It's That It Hurts"?

2. What happened to the "wetback" in "Hand in His Pocket"?

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

4. What does the narrator's father want him to be when he grows up in "It's That It Hurts"?

5. 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"?

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