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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9, TALK TO ME - Chapter 12, BIG-DICK TRUCK.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ma say to Paps on the way home from the lake?
(a) "What? Do you want me to teach him how to fly?" (22).
(b) "He is going to learn" (21).
(c) "How else do you expect to him learn?" (21).
(d) "He's alive! He's alive!" (23)

2. Why do the brothers have to get up quickly and leave Paps' work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH?
(a) Because Paps' is late to his second job.
(b) Because Paps' does not want them to see him cheating on Ma.
(c) Because Paps' shift is over.
(d) Because Paps' co-worker shows up to take over.

3. What are Ma and Paps doing in the bathroom while the brothers bathe in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??
(a) Ma and Paps are both washing the boys.
(b) Ma is doing her make-up, and Paps is fixing the plumbing.
(c) Flirting and playing with each other.
(d) Arguing about money.

4. What does Paps do when Ma yells at him, "This fucking big-dick truck" (64)?
(a) Paps slaps Ma across the face after she yells.
(b) Paps storms inside to confront Ma directly at her rage.
(c) Paps piles the boys in the truck and drives off after Ma yells.
(d) Paps ignores Ma and drives away after she yells.

5. How does Ma describe the difference between loving younger sons to older ones?
(a) Ma states that with her older sons she no longer had to "shy away" (17).
(b) Ma states that with her older son she had to punish them more.
(c) Ma states that with her older sons she had to use "cooing words" (17).
(d) Ma states that with her older sons she had to "meet taught with tough" (17).

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the brothers have to go with Paps to work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH?

2. Why are grocery stores and banks closed when Ma takes her sons to run errands?

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

4. What do the brothers give the pregnant woman outside the drugstore?

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

(see the answer key)

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