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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13, DUCKS - Chapter 15, TRASH KITES.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hypothetically, what animal would the brothers feed the woman's brains to in Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) The fish.
(b) Dogs.
(c) The lake.
(d) The ducks.

2. Who goes to the park at the start of Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) The brothers and the headbanger.
(b) Ma goes to the park alone, and the brothers come find her.
(c) The brothers go to the park alone, but Ma comes and finds them.
(d) Ma and the brothers.

3. Where is Lina from?
(a) The drugstore.
(b) New York.
(c) The paper mill.
(d) China.

4. When the family car breaks down in the rain, what does Paps use to protect the brothers?
(a) Plastic bags.
(b) His jacket.
(c) An old blanket.
(d) Old magazines.

5. How old is Ma when she gives birth to Manny?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ma worried about the brothers' bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?

2. Instead of an open field, where does Manny think the brothers should have slept to elude Paps in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?

3. In the opening of Chapter 2, NEVER-NEVER TIME, why are the brothers wearing raincoats?

4. What does Joel say is the reason for Paps' digging a hole in the backyard?

5. What does Manny, the narrator's eldest brother, have to get in the middle of the night from the neighbor's for a birthday?

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