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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS - Chapter 17, NIAGRA.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator notice in the back of the truck on the way to the park in Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) Plastic bags filled with the brothers' clothes, papers, and pictures.
(b) The brothers' toys are placed in bins.
(c) Something wrapped up in an old rug.
(d) A man hiding underneath a blanket.

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

3. Why does Paps take the narrator to Niagara Falls and not Joel and Manny?
(a) Because Joel and Manny are grounded for getting into a fight.
(b) Because Joel and Manny get sick with chicken pox.
(c) Because Joel and Manny have already seen Niagara Falls.
(d) Because Joel and Manny are flunking out of school and cannot miss more days.

4. What does the pregnant woman tell the brothers about babies outside the drugstore?
(a) All babies are Christian.
(b) She needs money for diapers.
(c) All babies have daddies.
(d) The brothers need to get away from her.

5. Whys is Ma upset that Paps gets a new truck for the family?
(a) She wanted a car - not a truck.
(b) The truck does not have enough seats or seatbelts for the boys.
(c) Paps wasted all of their savings on a fancy truck.
(d) Paps stole the truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the family car breaks down in the rain, what does Paps use to protect the brothers?

2. Where does the narrator think Paps is digging to in Chapter 14, TRENCH?

3. Why is Paps going to Niagara Falls in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?

4. What name does Manny call the woman trying to help them?

5. On the highway, why does a woman offer to bring the brothers anywhere they need to go?

(see the answer key)

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