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

2. What do the brothers ask strangers to buy them outside the drugstore in Chapter 5, US PROPER?
(a) Booze and candy.
(b) Cigarettes or beer.
(c) Cigarettes or whiskey.
(d) Gum and cigarettes.

3. How does Ma describe the difference between loving younger sons to older ones?
(a) Ma states that with her older sons she had to "meet taught with tough" (17).
(b) Ma states that with her older son she had to punish them more.
(c) Ma states that with her older sons she had to use "cooing words" (17).
(d) Ma states that with her older sons she no longer had to "shy away" (17).

4. Where is Lina from?
(a) New York.
(b) China.
(c) The paper mill.
(d) The drugstore.

5. Why are grocery stores and banks closed when Ma takes her sons to run errands?
(a) Because it is a holiday.
(b) Because it is the middle of the night.
(c) Because they closed down before the family arrives.
(d) because it is Sunday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Paps finally get?

2. Instead of immediately searching for the brothers after the bath, what do Paps and Ma do?

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

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

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

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