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

2. With whom does the narrator hope to go to the dump with in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Dona Alicia.
(b) Dona Maria.
(c) Dona Cuquita.
(d) Dona Bone.

3. Where is Utah describe as being in "Comadre, Do You All Plan to Go to Utah?"
(a) Japan.
(b) Korea.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) South Dakota.

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

5. What does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone were in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Illegal immigrants.
(b) Former spies.
(c) Bootleggers.
(d) Cattle thieves.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator in "It's That It Hurts" says that he thinks it all started when he got what?

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

3. What of her son's does the mother claim she still keeps in "A Prayer"?

4. What does the woman imply the dump man likes to keep in "It's That It Hurts"?

5. What has are the repercussions for the protagonist for having hit a boy in "It's That It Hurts"?

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