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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. At the start of Chapter 9, TALK TO ME, what does Ma cut her fingertip on?
(a) A broken beer bottle.
(b) The edge of a soup can.
(c) A metal toy.
(d) A piece of glass.

2. What metaphor does the narrator use at the end of Page 27 about the pregnant woman's response to the brothers?
(a) She is "drinking us [the brothers] in."
(b) She is "half gruff, half troll."
(c) She is "concrete and howled."
(d) She is "curious, rubbing her palms slowly."

3. Why is the narrator frightened by what his brothers want to do to the Grices' camper in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) He is afraid Paps is watching them.
(b) He is afraid they will be punished.
(c) He is afraid they will be arrested.
(d) He is afraid they will hurt someone.

4. What does the word "rappel" most likely mean on Page 25?
(a) "Descend."
(b) "Ascend."
(c) "Assimilate."
(d) "Rise."

5. What does the narrator confess he is scared of after Manny talks about the supernatural?
(a) Deep holes, Paps, and God.
(b) Night, girls, and spells.
(c) Lightening, his older brothers' behavior, and psychics.
(d) The dark, magic, and poison.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator wakes up at Paps' work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what does he ask him?

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

3. What object does the narrator use to tell the reader the size of the fish in the lake as mentioned on Page 19?

4. What does Paps do when Ma yells at him, "This fucking big-dick truck" (64)?

5. What do the brothers do with the blue rubber pall to play the sidewalk chalk circle game?

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