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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. What do the brothers find in the crawlspace at the end of Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?
(a) A box of old photos of Ma and Paps.
(b) An old yellow phone.
(c) A gun.
(d) Their old clothes and toys.

2. Where do the brothers hide after their bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?
(a) Ma and Paps' bedroom.
(b) The attic.
(c) The bathtub.
(d) The crawlspace.

3. How does Ma respond when Manny asks worriedly if Paps is having a heart attack in Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?
(a) "What heart?" (41).
(b) Ma "unlaced her work boots, slipped off her socks, and massaged her feet" (40).
(c) Ma dismisses Manny.
(d) "That's all there is" (40).

4. What do the brothers do with the blue rubber pall to play the sidewalk chalk circle game?
(a) Smack the ball with their palms.
(b) Kick the ball to one another.
(c) Throw the ball high up in the air and try to catch it.
(d) Pass the ball from one brothers to the next.

5. How does Ma describe carrying Manny in her "stomach" (26)?
(a) Ma says that Manny was "growing, heart ticking like a time bomb" (26).
(b) Ma says that Manny was "mixed up" (26).
(c) Ma says that it "rained down silver jingles" (27).
(d) Ma says that Manny's, "eyes were wet, black-holey - no fear there, no disgust, no pity" (27).

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like when the narrator's family goes to the lake?

2. Why does Paps most likely give the brothers a bath when he arrives at home in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??

3. What meal does Old Man prepare for the brothers?

4. Where does the headbanger bring the brothers at his house in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?

5. Whys is Ma upset that Paps gets a new truck for the family?

(see the answer key)

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