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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. Why does Paps most likely give the brothers a bath when he arrives at home in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??
(a) Because he is up late and has nothing else to do.
(b) Because he thinks they are dirty and need it.
(c) As a sign that he loves them and is home to stay.
(d) As disingenuous proof he cares about family.

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

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

4. What is one nickname that the narrator and his two brothers call themselves?
(a) The Gentleman.
(b) The Monkeys.
(c) The Stooges.
(d) The Robbers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Paps say to the narrator as he dries him off in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?

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

4. When Paps and the brothers return home from Paps' job in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what are they shouting?

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

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