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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 sent away.
(b) He was murdered.
(c) He was hanged.
(d) He was arrested.

2. 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"?
(a) Because he needs the water for his crops.
(b) Because they are not on contract.
(c) Because the water is unsanitary.
(d) Because the cattle need the water.

3. What does the narrator describe the cemetery as looking like in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A beet field.
(b) A dust field.
(c) A golf course.
(d) A desert.

4. On what day of the week does the narrator describe the ladies picking lice from each other's heads by the chicken coop in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) Sundays.
(b) Mondays.
(c) Fridays.
(d) Saturdays.

5. What does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone showed him how to make in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Toy boats.
(b) Paper airplanes.
(c) Cherry pie.
(d) Sweet bread.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long ago was it when a badger got into a neighbor's home in "A Silvery Night"?

3. When does the protagonist in "A Silvery Night" decide to summon the devil?

4. 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?

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

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