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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. Why do the brothers have to be quiet in the mornings?
(a) Because Paps is asleep.
(b) Because they have a new baby brother who is asleep.
(c) Because Ma is asleep.
(d) Because the neighbors downstairs get angry if they hear noise.

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

3. What does Ma say to Paps on the way home from the lake?
(a) "He's alive! He's alive!" (23)
(b) "How else do you expect to him learn?" (21).
(c) "What? Do you want me to teach him how to fly?" (22).
(d) "He is going to learn" (21).

4. In the opening of Chapter 2, NEVER-NEVER TIME, why are the brothers wearing raincoats?
(a) Because there are leaks all over the house, and they may get wet.
(b) Because they spray water on each other as a game.
(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.

5. Why do the brothers have to get up quickly and leave Paps' work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH?
(a) Because Paps' is late to his second job.
(b) Because Paps' shift is over.
(c) Because Paps' does not want them to see him cheating on Ma.
(d) Because Paps' co-worker shows up to take over.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the reader know how Old Man feels about the brothers?

2. Why is Ma worried about the brothers' bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?

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

4. What role does the narrator play in the "magic of God" (25)?

5. What does Ma compare to the boys' faces being messy in Chapter 2, NEVER-NEVER TIME?

(see the answer key)

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