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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Children Couldn't Wait".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. For how long does the woman say she has not heard from her son in "She Had Fallen Asleep..."?
(a) Three months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six weeks.
2. How does the narrator describe the heat having set in, in the opening of "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Suddenly.
(b) Gradually.
(c) With gusto.
(d) With severity.
3. What does the protagonist's mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..." believe happens to the water?
(a) It evaporates.
(b) The spirits drink it.
(c) The cat drinks it.
(d) Her son drinks it.
4. What does one migrant worker say the boss looks like now in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) A banker.
(b) A beggar.
(c) A butcher.
(d) A woman.
5. What does the boy tell his father he will do in order to sneak water from the tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Pretend he is having a heat stroke.
(b) Connect a hose to the tank.
(c) Pretend he is relieving himself.
(d) Pretend to take water to the cattle.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the water tank that the migrants take water from intended for in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
2. When does the boy in "What His Mother Never Knew..." decide he will tell his mother the truth?
3. The narrator in "The Children Couldn't Wait" describes the time of year as being the beginning of what month?
4. What happens to the boy at the water tank when the boss attempts to scare the migrants away in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
5. What happens when the central figure of "The Lost Year" begins to think everything is clearing up?
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