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

2. What does Dad describe the women picking lice as looking like in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Pigs on a farm.
(b) Chickens in a pen.
(c) Parrots in the zoo.
(d) Monkeys in the zoo.

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

4. What does the narrator say Don Laito began wearing that belonged to the "wetback" in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) His ring.
(b) His watch.
(c) His glasses.
(d) His necklace.

5. What does the narrator say was about to start in "It Was One Hour Before..."?
(a) The church services.
(b) The afternoon movie.
(c) The boxing match.
(d) The wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What always happens when the central figure of "The Lost Year" turns see who is calling his name?

2. From what narrative perspective is "The Lost Year" related?

3. From what narrative point of view is "It's That It Hurts" related?

4. What does the woman tell the dump man to say if he comes to see what they are doing in "It's That It Hurts"?

5. What actually happens to the water every night in "What His Mother Never Knew..."?

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