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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18, THE NIGHT I AM MADE - Chapter 19, ZOOKEEPING.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What explanation does Paps say to his sons about Ma's swollen purple cheeks?
(a) Ma was punched in the face by the dentist to loosen her teeth before pulling them.
(b) Ma got into a fight at work with Lina, her co-worker.
(c) Ma fell down the stairs when she was drunk.
(d) Ma was in a bad car accident and hit her face on the steering wheel.

2. On the highway, why does a woman offer to bring the brothers anywhere they need to go?
(a) Because she notices they are having a physical fight.
(b) Because she sees that Paps and Ma are drunk.
(c) Because the brothers are alone outside the drugstore.
(d) Because they are sitting on the edge of a bridge on the highway alone.

3. What color is the family's new truck?
(a) Fire engine red.
(b) Dark rusty brown.
(c) Blood orange.
(d) Cobalt blue.

4. What does the headbanger look like?
(a) He wears shorts and a tank-top, even when it is cold outside.
(b) Dirty clothes and oily skin.
(c) Short-blond hair and acne pocks on his face.
(d) White-blonde hair down his back, and it is cut short at the sides and front.

5. How is the reader initially tipped off that the headbanger is showing the brothers a pornographic movie?
(a) Because the headbanger's dad yells at them for watching adult movies.
(b) Because the narrator remembers a memory of Paps explaining pornography to him.
(c) Because the narrator sees the title of the movie posted on the side of it.
(d) Because Manny tells the narrator that they are going to watch pornography.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say he is embarrassed by his brothers in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?

2. Why does Paps take the narrator to Niagara Falls and not Joel and Manny?

3. When the boys' father, Paps, comes home, how does he punish his sons?

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

5. What is the narrator sick of doing after leaving the dumpster in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?

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