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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. Why is Ma mad when she returns home after Paps has dug the "trench" (77)?
(a) Because Paps picks her up late from work.
(b) Because there is a big hole in the yard.
(c) Because Paps does not pick her up from work.
(d) Because the boys are dirty.

2. What happens when Ma crawls down into the hole and lies down in Chapter 14, TRENCH?
(a) She falls asleep for hours.
(b) Paps comes home and yells at her.
(c) The brothers come and crawl in with her.
(d) It starts to rain.

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

4. At the start of Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS, how many sections do the brothers separate their sidewalk chalk circle into?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. What explanation does Paps say to his sons about Ma's swollen purple cheeks?
(a) Ma fell down the stairs when she was drunk.
(b) Ma was in a bad car accident and hit her face on the steering wheel.
(c) Ma was punched in the face by the dentist to loosen her teeth before pulling them.
(d) Ma got into a fight at work with Lina, her co-worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Paps and Ma do in the bathroom as described on Page 48?

2. Who goes to the park at the start of Chapter 13, DUCKS?

3. What does Ma wear for the family's first drive in the truck?

4. What is the weather like when the narrator's family goes to the lake?

5. What does the headbanger look like?

(see the answer key)

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