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

2. What does Paps say to the narrator as he dries him off in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?
(a) "Get my boots from the closet" (49).
(b) "I thought you disappeared" (49).
(c) "You grew" (46).
(d) Paps jokes "about needing to make some more boys to take our [the brothers'] places" (46).

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

4. What does Manny, the narrator's eldest brother, have to get in the middle of the night from the neighbor's for a birthday?
(a) A stick of butter.
(b) A glass dish.
(c) Frosting and candles.
(d) A cup of sugar.

5. What do the brothers give the pregnant woman outside the drugstore?
(a) An adult magazine.
(b) Change for her baby.
(c) Money for rent.
(d) Milk for her baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paps tell the narrator when he pulls him out of the hole in Chapter 14, TRENCH?

2. On the last page of Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what is Paps sad/worried about?

3. Why does Paps most likely give the brothers a bath when he arrives at home in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??

4. After reading Chapter 1, WE WANTED MORE, what point of view is the novel being told from?

5. Why is Chapter 6 called US PROPER?

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