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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. What do the brothers ask strangers to buy them outside the drugstore in Chapter 5, US PROPER?
(a) Cigarettes or whiskey.
(b) Booze and candy.
(c) Cigarettes or beer.
(d) Gum and cigarettes.

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

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

4. At the end of Chapter 15, TRASH KITES, what is Manny's idea to "save" the brothers?
(a) Build a big kite that will take them away.
(b) Find a way to reverse gravity.
(c) Run away.
(d) Get Ma, pile into the truck, and drive away.

5. Why do the brothers run their fingers around the empty bowls in Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?
(a) Because they are curious what the food tastes like.
(b) Because they are so hungry and want all the food there is left.
(c) Because they are angry all the food is gone.
(d) Because there is excess frosting left in the bowls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ma say to Paps on the way home from the lake?

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

3. What role does the narrator play in the "magic of God" (25)?

4. What does the narrator hope Paps and Ma will do after the brothers' hide from them in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?

5. Why is it unusual that Paps knows how to swim?

(see the answer key)

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