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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. When Paps and the brothers return home from Paps' job in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what are they shouting?
(a) "He crying?" (58).
(b) "Thump, thump, thump" (58).
(c) "Stop, stop" (59).
(d) "No More Crying! No More Crying!" (59).

2. How does Ma describe carrying Manny in her "stomach" (26)?
(a) Ma says that Manny was "growing, heart ticking like a time bomb" (26).
(b) Ma says that Manny was "mixed up" (26).
(c) Ma says that it "rained down silver jingles" (27).
(d) Ma says that Manny's, "eyes were wet, black-holey - no fear there, no disgust, no pity" (27).

3. What do Paps and Ma do in the bathroom as described on Page 48?
(a) Have sex.
(b) Give each other massages.
(c) Fight over where the brothers are hiding.
(d) Kiss and dance.

4. What kind of accent does Old Man have?
(a) Missouri accent.
(b) Southern accent.
(c) French accent.
(d) Spanish accent.

5. When the narrator says that he expects Manny to talk back to the headbanger, what can the reader infer about the narrator's opinion of Manny?
(a) The narrator is scared of Manny.
(b) The narrator thinks Manny is arrogant and will be beaten up by the headbanger.
(c) The narrator thinks Manny is strong and brave.
(d) Manny is the weakest of the brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ma work?

2. What does the narrator think while Paps holds him over the Falls in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?

3. What explanation does Paps say to his sons about Ma's swollen purple cheeks?

4. What state do Ma and Paps travel to to get married?

5. What metaphor does the narrator use at the end of Page 27 about the pregnant woman's response to the brothers?

(see the answer key)

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