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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Rat going to visit while Little Man takes over his newspaper route?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandparents.
(d) His aunt.

2. Who got Little Man out of the storm drain last summer when he became trapped?
(a) Rat.
(b) Mam.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

3. What does Little Man ask Mam on their bus ride home from church in Chapter 11?
(a) Who his father is.
(b) Why she has to ride in the back of the bus.
(c) Why she isn't married.
(d) Where she'd live if she could live anywhere.

4. In Greek mythology, Jason and the Argonauts set out on a quest for what creature by the order of King Pellas?
(a) The Golden Fleece.
(b) The Cyclops.
(c) The Golden Unicorn.
(d) The White Deer.

5. How does Little Man say he busted Rat's lip on the last day of sixth grade?
(a) He punched him.
(b) He slammed a car door in his face.
(c) He hit him with a baseball.
(d) He tripped him on the sidewalk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mam chastise an older kid for doing at the zoo in Chapter 12?

2. Before Mr. Spiro, who are the only two people Little Man says have ever talked to him directly about his stutter?

3. What French philosopher does Mr. Spiro cite with the phrase "Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts," in Chapter 5?

4. Who confused the words "wicker" and "wicked," leading to the patio furniture being called the "Wicked Furniture" on the patio of Little Man's house?

5. What does Little Man say he never told Mam "because [he] knew it would upset her" in the end of Chapter 12?

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