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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of Dirty Joe's distinguishing features?
(a) He walks with a limp.
(b) A big nose.
(c) Scars from bar fights.
(d) A tattoo on his neck.

2. Why is Victor punishing Dirty Joe at the carnival?
(a) For his drunkeness.
(b) For threatening people.
(c) For being offensive to his mother.
(d) For promoting negative stereotypes of Indian people.

3. What happens to Victor in the first grade?
(a) He is placed in the back of the classroom and ignored.
(b) He is put in the lowest reading group.
(c) He is repeatedly asked to go to the principal's office for disruptive behavior.
(d) He is teased by bullies.

4. What does Victor's teacher want him to do in the second grade?
(a) To write with his right hand and wear cleaner clothing.
(b) To apologize for everything and cut off his braids.
(c) To do his homework at school because she does not think he is doing his own work.
(d) To perform math problems on the board in front of the class and testify before the state court about how his parents are mistreating him.

5. Who assists Victor and his companion with Dirty Joe at the carnival?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A stranger.
(c) A carny.
(d) Another friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Victor consider censorship in the third grade?

2. What does Victor think that James does in 1973?

3. Who is with Victor when they see Dirty Joe at the carnival?

4. What happens to Dirty Joe during the incident at the carnival?

5. Why does Victor join Alcoholics Anonymous?

(see the answer key)

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