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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 the narrator wakes up at Paps' work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what does he ask him?
(a) "Why is that light in a cage?" (53) referring to a light in a metal mesh box across the street.
(b) "What's all this?" (55) referring to a card he finds on the ground.
(c) "Why is that light in a cage?" (53) referring to a light in the sky.
(d) "What'd the man say to you?" (57) referring to Paps' co-worker.

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

3. Why is Ma mad when she returns home after Paps has dug the "trench" (77)?
(a) Because there is a big hole in the yard.
(b) Because Paps picks her up late from work.
(c) Because Paps does not pick her up from work.
(d) Because the boys are dirty.

4. Where does Ma work?
(a) As a housekeeper at a hotel.
(b) Ma does not work.
(c) A clothing store in the city.
(d) The brewery up the hill.

5. Who in the family does not know how to swim when they go to the lake?
(a) Ma and Manny.
(b) Manny and the narrator.
(c) Ma and the narrator.
(d) Joel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paps tell the narrator when he pulls him out of the hole in Chapter 14, TRENCH?

2. What does Ma ask her sons to squirt on her face when they run out of the original ingredient(s)?

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

4. After reading Chapter 1, WE WANTED MORE, what point of view is the novel being told from?

5. What does Ma say to the brothers at the park while they are hiding in a canoe?

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