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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the twins receive as their graduation present from their Ma and Ray when they're headed off to college?
(a) Books.
(b) Money.
(c) Typewriter.
(d) A new car.

2. When Thomas is taken for mental health care, he is told that he will be there for __________ days for observation.
(a) Thirty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

3. Who is always noting the different venial and mortal sins which causes Dominick to worry about his future?
(a) Ray.
(b) Ma.
(c) Thomas.
(d) No one.

4. Who does Ma decide is responsible for delivering her and her sons to safety after they encounter the crazy man?
(a) Ray.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Dominick.
(d) Thomas.

5. Ma warns the twins not to gawk or to talk about anyone with ___________, though they seem to be everywhere.
(a) Glasses.
(b) Deformities.
(c) Dark skin.
(d) Bibles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the language in which the life story of Papa is written, which is why the family never had it translated?

2. What did the United States citizens fear most about the Soviet Union during the 1950s?

3. Ma takes the boys to the Back to School Festival of ___________ at the movie theater when they are in third grade.

4. Who is the person that destroys the typewriter in a fit of rage at Ma during the past?

5. Who knees Dominick in the groin after Dominick continues to yell in defense of his brother?

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