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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. What does Ma break after seeing her face all bruised and swollen in the mirror?
(a) A chair over Paps' head.
(b) A brass-handled mirror.
(c) A plate against the wall.
(d) A clock on the cold tile floor.

2. What do the brothers find in the crawlspace at the end of Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?
(a) A box of old photos of Ma and Paps.
(b) A gun.
(c) An old yellow phone.
(d) Their old clothes and toys.

3. What does Manny, the narrator's eldest brother, have to get in the middle of the night from the neighbor's for a birthday?
(a) A cup of sugar.
(b) A glass dish.
(c) A stick of butter.
(d) Frosting and candles.

4. Why do the brothers run their fingers around the empty bowls in Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?
(a) Because they are angry all the food is gone.
(b) Because they are so hungry and want all the food there is left.
(c) Because there is excess frosting left in the bowls.
(d) Because they are curious what the food tastes like.

5. Why does Old Man compare the brothers to locusts?
(a) Because they will quickly fly away back to their house.
(b) Because they are both in his garden.
(c) Because locusts are ugly like the boys.
(d) Because they are damaging his garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the brothers ask strangers to buy them outside the drugstore in Chapter 5, US PROPER?

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

3. After reading Chapter 1, WE WANTED MORE, what point of view is the novel being told from?

4. According to Ma, in Chapter 4, SEVEN, who "studies God"(13)?

5. What does the narrator hope Paps and Ma will do after the brothers' hide from them in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?

(see the answer key)

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