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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "A Silvery Night".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the woman tell the children to use to turn over trash at the dump in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A poker rod.
(b) A long stick.
(c) A shovel.
(d) A rake.

3. Whose son was pierced by a bullet in "A Prayer"?
(a) Dona Andrea's son.
(b) Dona Maria's son.
(c) Dona Bone's son.
(d) Dona Virginia's son.

4. The narrator's father says that who has to be on their toes in "Why Do Y'all Go to School So Much?"
(a) The poor.
(b) The ones higher up.
(c) The children.
(d) The women.

5. Why does the protagonist's mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..." leave water in his room?
(a) For spirits.
(b) For the dog.
(c) For the cat.
(d) In case he is thirsty during the night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dona Bone's real name, according to the narrator in "Hand in His Pocket"?

2. What does the person praying ask to protect her son from in "A Prayer"?

3. When does the boy in "What His Mother Never Knew..." decide he will tell his mother the truth?

4. Into whose home did a badger get into, according to the father in "A Silvery Night"?

5. How many different sounds does the narrator say he heard the last time he lay in the grass at the cemetery in "It's That It Hurts"?

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