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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 weapon does the boss take out to scare the migrant workers from taking water in the tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A rock.

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

3. Until how late do the workers in the fields try to stay working until in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him"?
(a) 3:00.
(b) 6:00.
(c) 4:00.
(d) 5:00.

4. At what time does the narrator leave his home in "A Silvery Night"?
(a) 11:50 p.m.
(b) 11:15 p.m.
(c) 11:55 p.m.
(d) 10:45 p.m.

5. What does the narrator say he never saw Don Laito or Dona Bone doing in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Eating.
(c) Talking.
(d) Drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the barber tell the man in "It Was One Hour Before..."?

2. What does the narrator say was about to start in "It Was One Hour Before..."?

3. What is Don Laito's real name, according to the narrator in "Hand in His Pocket"?

4. Where does the protagonist witness a couple copulating in "First Communion"?

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

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