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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. Whys is Ma upset that Paps gets a new truck for the family?
(a) Paps wasted all of their savings on a fancy truck.
(b) The truck does not have enough seats or seatbelts for the boys.
(c) Paps stole the truck.
(d) She wanted a car - not a truck.

2. In the opening of Chapter 2, NEVER-NEVER TIME, why are the brothers wearing raincoats?
(a) Because they spray water on each other as a game.
(b) Because there are leaks all over the house, and they may get wet.
(c) Because Ma will not let them take the raincoats off.
(d) Because they are smashing tomatoes in the kitchen and the guts will ruin their clothes.

3. After reading Chapter 1, WE WANTED MORE, what point of view is the novel being told from?
(a) Third person omniscient point of view.
(b) First person point of view.
(c) Third person point of view.
(d) Second person point of view.

4. What promise does Paps eventually make to Ma about the truck?
(a) He will buy Ma her own car.
(b) He will sell the truck for more money.
(c) He will return the truck the next day.
(d) He will make seatbelts for the boys.

5. What object does the narrator use to tell the reader the size of the fish in the lake as mentioned on Page 19?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Crescents.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Clumps.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Ma work?

3. What does Ma say to Paps on the way home from the lake?

4. In the crawlspace, the narrator asks Joel, "It's just going to be like this forever?" (43). What is the narrator referring to?

5. What does Ma break after seeing her face all bruised and swollen in the mirror?

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