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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. How does Ma respond when Manny asks worriedly if Paps is having a heart attack in Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?
(a) Ma "unlaced her work boots, slipped off her socks, and massaged her feet" (40).
(b) "That's all there is" (40).
(c) "What heart?" (41).
(d) Ma dismisses Manny.

2. Why does Manny crawl into bed with his brother at the beginning of the story?
(a) Manny is afraid of the dark.
(b) Manny does not have his own bed.
(c) Manny wants to tell them a story.
(d) Manny wants body heat.

3. When the narrator wakes up at Paps' work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what does he ask him?
(a) "What'd the man say to you?" (57) referring to Paps' co-worker.
(b) "What's all this?" (55) referring to a card he finds on the ground.
(c) "Why is that light in a cage?" (53) referring to a light in a metal mesh box across the street.
(d) "Why is that light in a cage?" (53) referring to a light in the sky.

4. What does the word "rappel" most likely mean on Page 25?
(a) "Assimilate."
(b) "Descend."
(c) "Ascend."
(d) "Rise."

5. What does the narrator believe Paps is really doing when he punishes his sons?
(a) Preparing them to be strong to fight other boys.
(b) Taking his anger out on his sons instead of Ma.
(c) The narrator believes Paps is so drunk he does not know what he is doing.
(d) Giving them an awakening.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the brothers ask strangers to buy them outside the drugstore in Chapter 5, US PROPER?

3. What are Ma and Paps doing in the bathroom while the brothers bathe in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??

4. How does Old Man tell the brothers to cure their "skeet bites" (35)?

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

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