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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9, TALK TO ME - Chapter 12, BIG-DICK TRUCK.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it unusual that Paps knows how to swim?
(a) Because he is afraid of drowning.
(b) Because he has never seen water before.
(c) Because he is from Canada.
(d) Because he grew up away from the water.

2. What does Ma say to Paps on the way home from the lake?
(a) "How else do you expect to him learn?" (21).
(b) "He's alive! He's alive!" (23)
(c) "What? Do you want me to teach him how to fly?" (22).
(d) "He is going to learn" (21).

3. What meal does Old Man prepare for the brothers?
(a) Vegetables and chicken.
(b) Salad with vegetables from the garden.
(c) Soup with vegetables from the garden.
(d) Stew with mutton meat.

4. Why does Paps most likely give the brothers a bath when he arrives at home in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??
(a) Because he is up late and has nothing else to do.
(b) As a sign that he loves them and is home to stay.
(c) As disingenuous proof he cares about family.
(d) Because he thinks they are dirty and need it.

5. What does Paps do to try and convey to his sons their heritage?
(a) Paps plays British music.
(b) Paps dances in a Puerto Rican style.
(c) Paps takes his sons to meet their grandparents.
(d) Paps shows his sons pictures of his childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Paps and the brothers return home from Paps' job in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what are they shouting?

2. What is one nickname that the narrator and his two brothers call themselves?

3. According Chapter 5, THE LAKE, who is the only one in the family allowed to say he/she is scared?

4. How does Old Man tell the brothers to cure their "skeet bites" (35)?

5. Where do the brothers hide after their bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?

(see the answer key)

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