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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 does Ma most likely call the truck, "that truck" instead of "the truck"?
(a) Because it is old and rickety and will most likely break down.
(b) Because Paps buys the truck without telling her, and it has no seats for the brothers.
(c) Because Paps tells Ma that it is his truck, and Ma cannot drive it.
(d) Because the family has not paid for all of it.

2. What does the word "rappel" most likely mean on Page 25?
(a) "Ascend."
(b) "Descend."
(c) "Rise."
(d) "Assimilate."

3. What state do Ma and Paps travel to to get married?
(a) New York.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Texas.
(d) California.

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) "Murderer!"
(c) "Thief!"
(d) "I hate you!"

5. Why does Old Man compare the brothers to locusts?
(a) Because they are both in his garden.
(b) Because locusts are ugly like the boys.
(c) Because they are damaging his garden.
(d) Because they will quickly fly away back to their house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the family does not know how to swim when they go to the lake?

2. What do the brothers ask strangers to buy them outside the drugstore in Chapter 5, US PROPER?

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

4. According to Ma, in Chapter 4, SEVEN, who "studies God"(13)?

5. Hypothetically, what animal would the brothers feed the woman's brains to in Chapter 13, DUCKS?

(see the answer key)

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