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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. Why do the brothers have to be quiet in the mornings?
(a) Because they have a new baby brother who is asleep.
(b) Because Paps is asleep.
(c) Because Ma is asleep.
(d) Because the neighbors downstairs get angry if they hear noise.

2. In the last paragraph of Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME, what does the narrator imply the brothers "need" (51)?
(a) More freedom.
(b) Paps to get a steady job.
(c) Their parents' love and attention.
(d) Their parents to stop fighting.

3. What does Ma say to the brothers at the park while they are hiding in a canoe?
(a) "The heck we doing here?" (69).
(b) "Get yourselves in that truck..." (67).
(c) "Promise you won't do it this time?" (68).
(d) "I thought you were kidnapped!" (70).

4. What does Manny scream at while Paps is beating him for going to the field in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?
(a) "You're no father!"
(b) "I hate you!"
(c) "Thief!"
(d) "Murderer!"

5. What simile is used to compare Paps' shouting on Page 23?
(a) Paps' shouting is compared to a mad scientist.
(b) Paps' shouting is compared to a marvel of his creation.
(c) Paps' shouting is compared to a bobbing mass.
(d) Paps' shouting is compared to black-green murkiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Ma crawls down into the hole and lies down in Chapter 14, TRENCH?

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

3. At the start of Chapter 14, TRENCH, what does Manny smear under the brothers' eyes, because they are wearing camouflage clothing?

4. How does Ma respond to Paps worries at the end of Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH?

5. Who is Paps listening to the radio when the boys come home after school in Chapter 3, THE HERITAGE (8)?

(see the answer key)

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