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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 meal does Old Man prepare for the brothers?
(a) Salad with vegetables from the garden.
(b) Soup with vegetables from the garden.
(c) Vegetables and chicken.
(d) Stew with mutton meat.

2. How does the reader know how Old Man feels about the brothers?
(a) Old Man draws the brothers pictures of how the brothers compare to locusts.
(b) Old Man calls the brothers useful and hardworking.
(c) Old Man tells the brothers that they will see the locusts, "by the by" (34) just like the brothers.
(d) Old Man calls the brothers, "castaways, stowaways, hideaways, fugitives, punks, city slickers, and bastards" (35).

3. What is the weather like when the narrator's family goes to the lake?
(a) The air is cold and crisp.
(b) There is a heat wave.
(c) There is a nice warm breeze.
(d) It is rainy.

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

5. When the narrator says that he expects Manny to talk back to the headbanger, what can the reader infer about the narrator's opinion of Manny?
(a) The narrator is scared of Manny.
(b) The narrator thinks Manny is arrogant and will be beaten up by the headbanger.
(c) Manny is the weakest of the brothers.
(d) The narrator thinks Manny is strong and brave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the family does not know how to swim when they go to the lake?

2. What are Ma and Paps doing in the bathroom while the brothers bathe in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??

3. According Chapter 5, THE LAKE, who is the only one in the family allowed to say he/she is scared?

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

5. When the family car breaks down in the rain, what does Paps use to protect the brothers?

(see the answer key)

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