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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 old is Ma when she gives birth to Manny?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

2. What does the last line in the Quote before the Title Page say about how boys should be treated?
(a) Boys are smart and wild.
(b) Boys should be bonded with many chains.
(c) Boys are wild beasts and hard to manage.
(d) Boys need to be punished when they disobey.

3. Who is Paps listening to the radio when the boys come home after school in Chapter 3, THE HERITAGE (8)?
(a) Tito Puente.
(b) Hector Puente.
(c) An old band the boys have never heard before.
(d) Maria Constatine.

4. What is unusual about the way Paps and Ma are dressed during the brothers' bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??
(a) They are fully naked.
(b) They are wearing very fancy clothes.
(c) They are both wearing boots and heavy jackets.
(d) They are shirtless.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the brothers do with the baby robins that they find in the woods?

3. Why is the Chapter 2 called, NEVER-NEVER TIME?

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

5. What does Ma ask her sons to squirt on her face when they run out of the original ingredient(s)?

(see the answer key)

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