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

2. What was the protagonist looking for when he discovered the mask and costume in "A Silvery Night"?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Four-leaf clovers.
(c) Kittens.
(d) A marble.

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 ring.
(b) A watch.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) A compass.

4. What did the minister have a man come to teach the workers at the farm in "One Afternoon a Minister..."?
(a) Reading.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Carpentry.
(d) Math.

5. Why does the narrator say he did not sleep the first night at Don Laito and Dona Bone's home in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) He was scared of ghosts.
(b) He was bitten by fleas.
(c) He was scared of rats.
(d) He was scared of spiders.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago was it when a badger got into a neighbor's home in "A Silvery Night"?

2. What is Dona Bone's real name, according to the narrator in "Hand in His Pocket"?

3. Why does the protagonist's mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..." leave water in his room?

4. Why does the responder say no when asked if he plans to go to Utah in "Comadre, Do You All Plan to Go to Utah?"

5. What does the protagonist's mother in "What His Mother Never Knew..." believe happens to the water?

(see the answer key)

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