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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 dismisses Manny.
(b) Ma "unlaced her work boots, slipped off her socks, and massaged her feet" (40).
(c) "What heart?" (41).
(d) "That's all there is" (40).

2. What job does Paps finally get?
(a) The gas station.
(b) At the brewery, with Ma.
(c) A security guard, the night watch.
(d) An automotive shop.

3. Where do the brothers hide after their bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?
(a) The attic.
(b) The crawlspace.
(c) Ma and Paps' bedroom.
(d) The bathtub.

4. At the start of Chapter 6, US PROPER, what do the three brothers create by stacking up on one another's shoulders?
(a) "[B]urglars" (25).
(b) "[A] woman" (24).
(c) The "Three Musketeers" (24).
(d) "[A] ladder" (24).

5. Why does Old Man compare the brothers to locusts?
(a) Because they will quickly fly away back to their house.
(b) Because locusts are ugly like the boys.
(c) Because they are damaging his garden.
(d) Because they are both in his garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paps do when Ma yells at him, "This fucking big-dick truck" (64)?

2. Why does Lina, Ma's co-worker, come to the narrator's house?

3. What tool do the boys use to smash the tomatoes?

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

5. How does the narrator know Paps and Ma are fighting when Paps returns home in Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?

(see the answer key)

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