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

2. Instead of immediately searching for the brothers after the bath, what do Paps and Ma do?
(a) Paps dances with Ma to music.
(b) Paps leaves the bathroom and Ma puts on her make-up.
(c) Kissing and moaning.
(d) Paps finishes cleaning the bathroom, while Ma watches and sings.

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

4. What does Lina call Ma after arriving at the narrator's house?
(a) Shorty.
(b) Little One.
(c) Amiga.
(d) Comrade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the brothers run their fingers around the empty bowls in Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?

2. According to Ma, in Chapter 4, SEVEN, who "studies God"(13)?

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

4. Why does Old Man compare the brothers to locusts?

5. What meal does Old Man prepare for the brothers?

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