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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the narrator and Paps eat after leaving the museum in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?
(a) Hamburgers.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Hot dogs.

2. At the start of Chapter 14, TRENCH, what does Manny smear under the brothers' eyes, because they are wearing camouflage clothing?
(a) Mud.
(b) Black shoe polish.
(c) Ma's black eyeliner.
(d) Ma's red lipstick.

3. Hypothetically, what animal would the brothers feed the woman's brains to in Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) The fish.
(b) Dogs.
(c) The ducks.
(d) The lake.

4. Overall, how do the brothers prove they are "tough guys" (68) when they arrive at the park in Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) By holding each other "hostage in the air" (68).
(b) By ganging up on each other.
(c) By throwing rocks at the ducks.
(d) By "taking nothing but dares and putdowns" (68).

5. When the narrator says that he expects Manny to talk back to the headbanger, what can the reader infer about the narrator's opinion of Manny?
(a) The narrator thinks Manny is strong and brave.
(b) Manny is the weakest of the brothers.
(c) The narrator is scared of Manny.
(d) The narrator thinks Manny is arrogant and will be beaten up by the headbanger.

6. Who is the narrator illustrating at the start of Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I AM MADE, on Page 103?
(a) Other boys that live in the neighborhood.
(b) The men who work on the loading dock.
(c) Manny and Joel.
(d) A fight between Joel and Manny.

7. What are the narrator's brothers doing while Paps spends time with the narrator in the bathtub at the end of the novel?
(a) Huddled in the living room watching TV.
(b) They have gone to the neighbors.
(c) Sweeping the snow off the truck.
(d) They are crying outside on the porch.

8. How does the narrator's family react when he first arrives at home from the bus station in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?
(a) They "imagined perversions" (116).
(b) They "looked...with such ferocity" (116).
(c) They spoke to him "in bold and explicit language" (116).
(d) They are "calm and assured" (116).

9. The last line of the narrator's final thoughts are, "Upright, upright, I say, I slur, I vow" (125). How may this line be interpreted?
(a) The narrator trying to battle agains his circumstances, but it is difficult when he is under the influence of medications that make him slur.
(b) The narrator has given up, cannot even speak anymore, and does not know where he is at.
(c) The narrator attempting to sit up in bed, and then mumbling about his struggle.
(d) The narrator needing to fight agains the psychiatric ward, get healthy, and finally lead a normal life.

10. How does the narrator specifically behave after registering his family is going to disown him?
(a) Like a caged wild beast.
(b) Like an animal.
(c) He denies ever writing those things in the journal.
(d) As if nothing has happened.

11. How long has the narrator been going to the bus station in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?
(a) Every night for the past week.
(b) The narrator has never been to the bus station before.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Months.

12. Why does the narrator get on the bus in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?
(a) To eat some food and warm up.
(b) To hide from his brothers.
(c) To get away from the snow.
(d) To use the bathroom.

13. Who goes to the park at the start of Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) Ma goes to the park alone, and the brothers come find her.
(b) The brothers go to the park alone, but Ma comes and finds them.
(c) The brothers and the headbanger.
(d) Ma and the brothers.

14. How many miles does the narrator walk to get to the bus station in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

15. What name does Manny call the woman trying to help them?
(a) Slut.
(b) Nosy.
(c) Bitch.
(d) Stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joel say is the reason for Paps' digging a hole in the backyard?

2. After Manny's dream, what implied comparison is made about the dream to the brothers' current situation in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?

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

4. What simile is used on Page 75 to describe the brothers leaning out the window watching Paps?

5. What particular name does Paps use with the narrator before the narrator leaves for the psychiatric ward?

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