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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 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.

2. On the last page of Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what is Paps sad/worried about?
(a) Whether the brothers will have to go live with their grandparents.
(b) Whether Ma will leave him.
(c) That the family will not be able to pay rent.
(d) That the family, and more importantly, the brothers will never escape this difficult life.

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. At the start of the narrative, what age does the narrator turn?
(a) 14.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) The narrator does not have a birthday.

5. What does Manny say about Paps disappearance in Chapter 8, OTHER LOCUSTS?
(a) Manny tells the narrator that Paps "was still broken, still dead-eyed, but not dead" (36).
(b) Manny says that "he'd picked up with another woman" (36).
(c) Manny tells the boys that Paps "don't know shit" (37).
(d) Manny tells the boys that Paps "yelled that one word over and over, stop, stop, stop" (37).

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the last line in the Quote before the Title Page say about how boys should be treated?

3. What is unusual about the way Paps and Ma are dressed during the brothers' bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??

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

5. What kind of accent does Old Man have?

(see the answer key)

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