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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. How is the reader initially tipped off that the headbanger is showing the brothers a pornographic movie?
(a) Because the narrator sees the title of the movie posted on the side of it.
(b) Because Manny tells the narrator that they are going to watch pornography.
(c) Because the narrator remembers a memory of Paps explaining pornography to him.
(d) Because the headbanger's dad yells at them for watching adult movies.

2. What does the headbanger liken the brothers' sidewalk chalk circle to in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) A peace sign.
(b) A sacrificial sign.
(c) The moon.
(d) The sun.

3. What role does the narrator play in the "magic of God" (25)?
(a) The Father.
(b) The Son.
(c) The Holy Spirit.
(d) God.

4. Why do the brothers have to go with Paps to work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH?
(a) Because Ma is asleep at home, and they will wake her.
(b) Because Ma is working too, and no one is at home to watch them.
(c) Because Paps is afraid the boys will get in trouble.
(d) Because Paps needs extra help.

5. What does Lina bring with her to the narrator's house?
(a) Money.
(b) Groceries.
(c) A pink slip from work.
(d) A message from the boss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Manny walk toward after seeing the headbanger in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?

2. What does the narrator do in the theater at the museum in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?

3. Who is Paps listening to the radio when the boys come home after school in Chapter 3, THE HERITAGE (8)?

4. What does Manny scream at while Paps is beating him for going to the field in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?

5. Overall, how do the brothers prove they are "tough guys" (68) when they arrive at the park in Chapter 13, DUCKS?

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