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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. When Paps and the brothers return home from Paps' job in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what are they shouting?
(a) "He crying?" (58).
(b) "Thump, thump, thump" (58).
(c) "Stop, stop" (59).
(d) "No More Crying! No More Crying!" (59).

2. What kind of accent does Old Man have?
(a) Missouri accent.
(b) French accent.
(c) Spanish accent.
(d) Southern accent.

3. How does the narrator know that Ma is delighted when Paps returns at the start of Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?
(a) Because she "led us [brothers] to the bathtub" (44).
(b) Because she "herded us [brothers] into the kitchen" (44).
(c) Because she "sent us [brothers] winks" (44).
(d) Because she "made motorboat noises" (44).

4. What is unusual about the way Paps and Ma are dressed during the brothers' bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??
(a) They are shirtless.
(b) They are both wearing boots and heavy jackets.
(c) They are wearing very fancy clothes.
(d) They are fully naked.

5. Instead of immediately searching for the brothers after the bath, what do Paps and Ma do?
(a) Kissing and moaning.
(b) Paps leaves the bathroom and Ma puts on her make-up.
(c) Paps dances with Ma to music.
(d) Paps finishes cleaning the bathroom, while Ma watches and sings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the brothers do with the baby robins that they find in the woods?

2. When Manny says, "We should have killed that fucking woman," (73) what woman is he alluding to?

3. What do the brothers give the pregnant woman outside the drugstore?

4. What explanation does Paps say to his sons about Ma's swollen purple cheeks?

5. What does Ma wear for the family's first drive in the truck?

(see the answer key)

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