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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. Where do the brothers hide after their bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?
(a) The bathtub.
(b) The crawlspace.
(c) Ma and Paps' bedroom.
(d) The attic.

2. At the start of Chapter 14, TRENCH, what does Manny smear under the brothers' eyes, because they are wearing camouflage clothing?
(a) Black shoe polish.
(b) Ma's red lipstick.
(c) Mud.
(d) Ma's black eyeliner.

3. What does Paps do at the start of Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) Yells at the brothers to clean their rooms before Paps leaves for work.
(b) Brings Ma into the bedroom and makes her late for work.
(c) Asks Ma to make him dinner before she leaves for work.
(d) Grabs Ma and throws her against the wall.

4. What simile is used on Page 75 to describe the brothers leaning out the window watching Paps?
(a) "We would have appeared to him like a three-torsoed beast" (75).
(b) "We pushed open the upstairs window and leaned out..." (75).
(c) "Still in our underwear, our skin one shade of deep summer brown..." (75).
(d) "Someone had died, someone in the army" (75).

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of Chapter 6, US PROPER, what do the three brothers create by stacking up on one another's shoulders?

2. At the start of Chapter 9, TALK TO ME, what does Ma cut her fingertip on?

3. Where does Ma work?

4. Why do the brothers have to get up quickly and leave Paps' work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH?

5. Why does Paps think it is Manny's idea for the brothers escape and sleep away from home in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?

(see the answer key)

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