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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. How does Ma respond when Manny asks worriedly if Paps is having a heart attack in Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?
(a) "That's all there is" (40).
(b) "What heart?" (41).
(c) Ma "unlaced her work boots, slipped off her socks, and massaged her feet" (40).
(d) Ma dismisses Manny.

2. Why do the brothers have to go with Paps to work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH?
(a) Because Ma is asleep at home, and they will wake her.
(b) Because Paps needs extra help.
(c) Because Ma is working too, and no one is at home to watch them.
(d) Because Paps is afraid the boys will get in trouble.

3. What do the brothers give the pregnant woman outside the drugstore?
(a) Money for rent.
(b) Milk for her baby.
(c) An adult magazine.
(d) Change for her baby.

4. When the narrator wakes up at Paps' work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what does he ask him?
(a) "What'd the man say to you?" (57) referring to Paps' co-worker.
(b) "What's all this?" (55) referring to a card he finds on the ground.
(c) "Why is that light in a cage?" (53) referring to a light in the sky.
(d) "Why is that light in a cage?" (53) referring to a light in a metal mesh box across the street.

5. Why do the brothers have to get up quickly and leave Paps' work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH?
(a) Because Paps' is late to his second job.
(b) Because Paps' co-worker shows up to take over.
(c) Because Paps' shift is over.
(d) Because Paps' does not want them to see him cheating on Ma.

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 simile is used to compare Paps' shouting on Page 23?

3. What does Ma say to Paps on the way home from the lake?

4. Why are grocery stores and banks closed when Ma takes her sons to run errands?

5. Why is the Chapter 2 called, NEVER-NEVER TIME?

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