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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 the janitor used to scare him with during the fight in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A ruler.
(b) A mop.
(c) A broom.
(d) A rake.

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

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

4. What did Don Laito and Dona Bone try to make him steal when he was living with them in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) A gold ring.
(b) A sack of flour.
(c) A pocket watch.
(d) A cat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the central figure of "The Lost Year" begins to think everything is clearing up?

2. 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?

3. How does the narrator describe the heat having set in, in the opening of "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

4. What does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone showed him how to make in "Hand in His Pocket"?

5. What does the protagonist's mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..." believe happens to the water?

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