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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 does the narrator say Don Laito and Dona Bone showed him how to make in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) Paper airplanes.
(b) Toy boats.
(c) Cherry pie.
(d) Sweet bread.

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

3. What did Don Laito and Dona Bone try to make him steal when he was living with them in "Hand in His Pocket"?
(a) A cat.
(b) A sack of flour.
(c) A gold ring.
(d) A pocket watch.

4. Whose eyes does the mother ask to be covered in "A Prayer"?
(a) The Communists, Koreans, and Chinese.
(b) The Americans and the immigration board.
(c) The Germans, Russians, and Chinese.
(d) The Confederates.

5. Where does the narrator describe Dad coming home from in "It's That It Hurts"?
(a) The shopping center.
(b) The fields.
(c) The bank.
(d) The church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Don Laito began wearing that belonged to the "wetback" in "Hand in His Pocket"?

2. From where does the mother pray her son will return safe and sound in "A Prayer"?

3. What did the minister have a man come to teach the workers at the farm in "One Afternoon a Minister..."?

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

5. At what time do the field workers see smoke rising from the farm in "The Little Burnt Victims"?

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