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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Night the Lights Went Out".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the boss not immediately stop the workers from taking water from the tank when he catches on to their method in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Because he wants the workers to take the water.
(b) So he can get away with not paying them after the work is done.
(c) So he can kill the workers when the right time comes.
(d) So he can arrest the workers for theft.

3. What is the water tank that the migrants take water from intended for in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) The crops.
(b) The children.
(c) The laborers.
(d) The cattle.

4. What is Don Laito's real name, according to the narrator in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Don Ramiro.
(b) Don Marquez.
(c) Don Julio.
(d) Don Hilario.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe the protagonist feeling when he saw his mother crying for his uncle and aunt in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?

2. What is the movie about that the Garcia family has just seen at the theater in "The Little Burnt Victims"?

3. 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"?

4. What word from "It's That It Hurts" refers to a white person from an English-speaking country?

5. What was the protagonist looking for when he discovered the mask and costume in "A Silvery Night"?

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