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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. When does the boy in "What His Mother Never Knew..." decide he will tell his mother the truth?
(a) When his father gets home.
(b) On his twelfth birthday.
(c) Whe he is grown up.
(d) In the morning.

2. What does the boss turn to after the incident at the water tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Smoking cigarettes.
(b) Pills.
(c) Therapy.
(d) Alcohol.

3. What always happens when the central figure of "The Lost Year" turns see who is calling his name?
(a) He hears the sound of the ocean calling out to him.
(b) He makes a complete turn and ends up in the same place.
(c) He turns to find his father staring at him.
(d) He falls down a breaks his ankle.

4. Who does the central figure of "The Lost Year" realize is calling his name?
(a) His mother.
(b) Himself.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

5. Where is the water tank that the migrant workers sneak water from in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) At the edge of the furrow.
(b) Attached to the farmhouse.
(c) In the center of the field.
(d) On a sandy knoll.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the boss attempt suicide in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

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"?

3. The narrator in "The Children Couldn't Wait" describes the time of year as being the beginning of what month?

4. Where does the protagonist of "What His Mother Never Knew..." leave a glass of water every night?

5. What is the name of the woman's son who has been listed as MIA in "She Had Fallen Asleep..."?

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