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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 does the boy tell his father he will do in order to sneak water from the tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?
(a) Connect a hose to the tank.
(b) Pretend to take water to the cattle.
(c) Pretend he is having a heat stroke.
(d) Pretend he is relieving himself.

2. What does the woman tell the children to use to turn over trash at the dump in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) A poker rod.
(b) A shovel.
(c) A rake.
(d) A long stick.

3. What present does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone brought him at the farm after his stay with them in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) A watch.
(b) A compass.
(c) A ring.
(d) A bracelet.

4. What does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone were in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Illegal immigrants.
(b) Former spies.
(c) Cattle thieves.
(d) Bootleggers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boss turn to after the incident at the water tank in "The Children Couldn't Wait"?

2. Where does the narrator describe being taken first at a new school in "It's That It Hurts"?

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

4. What did Don Laito and Dona Bone try to make him steal when he was living with them in "Hand in His Pocket"?

5. How many Sundays does the person praying say they have previously come to pray in "A Prayer"?

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