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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS - Chapter 17, NIAGRA.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ma respond to Paps worries at the end of Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH?
(a) "He's tired" (60).
(b) "Don't. Don't you dare" (60).
(c) "Nobody" (60).
(d) Ma says nothing and cries.

2. What does the pregnant woman tell the brothers about babies outside the drugstore?
(a) The brothers need to get away from her.
(b) All babies have daddies.
(c) All babies are Christian.
(d) She needs money for diapers.

3. Whys is Ma upset that Paps gets a new truck for the family?
(a) Paps stole the truck.
(b) Paps wasted all of their savings on a fancy truck.
(c) The truck does not have enough seats or seatbelts for the boys.
(d) She wanted a car - not a truck.

4. Where has Ma seen the "most water she ever saw in one place" (19)?
(a) In Brooklyn after it rained and puddles gathered on the sides of the street.
(b) In California in giant public swimming pools, where she swam in the summer.
(c) In upstate New York after the snow melted.
(d) In Brooklyn when men opened a johnny pump and water rushed forth.

5. What state do Ma and Paps travel to to get married?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Texas.
(c) California.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ma wear for the family's first drive in the truck?

2. What does Lina call Ma after arriving at the narrator's house?

3. At the start of Chapter 9, TALK TO ME, what does Ma cut her fingertip on?

4. What is one nickname that the narrator and his two brothers call themselves?

5. How does the reader know how Old Man feels about the brothers?

(see the answer key)

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