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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the opening scene of Chapter 1, what are the boys throwing at each other?
(a) Bottles.
(b) Balls.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Stones.

2. Who says, "Is yer fader beatin' yer mudder, or yer mudder beatin' yer fader"?
(a) Pete.
(b) The old man.
(c) Jimmie.
(d) The old woman.

3. When Jimmie re-enters the apartment after the fight in Chapter 3, where are Mudder and Fader?
(a) Mudder is on the floor and Fader is on a chair.
(b) Mudder is on a chair and Fader is gone.
(c) Mudder and Fader are both on the floor.
(d) Fader is on the floor and Mudder is on a chair.

4. Where is Maggie while Pete and Jimmie exchange tales of valor in Chapter 5?
(a) At work.
(b) In another room.
(c) Hanging laundry outside.
(d) In the shadows.

5. Who occasionally drags Jimmie from his truck driver perch to beat him?
(a) The police.
(b) Other truck drivers.
(c) Fader.
(d) Pete.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the brutal fight between Mudder and Fader in Chapter 3, how long do Jimmie and Maggie huddle in the corner of the apartment?

2. How old is the person who breaks up the street fight in Chapter 1?

3. What does Jimmie's companion say he would ask for if he should ever meet God?

4. Who does Jimmie storm at, denounce, and compare to pestering flies in Chapter 4?

5. What does Jimmie's father do to the two fighting boys?

(see the answer key)

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