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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13, DUCKS - Chapter 15, TRASH KITES.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Paps think it is Manny's idea for the brothers escape and sleep away from home in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?
(a) Because Manny is the youngest.
(b) Because Manny has run away before.
(c) Because Manny is the oldest.
(d) Because Manny is always causing trouble.

2. What do the brothers do with the baby robins that they find in the woods?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Throw them into shoeboxes.
(c) Pull off the baby robins' heads.
(d) Pull the baby robins out of their nest, throw them in the air, and see if they can fly.

3. What is the weather like when the narrator's family goes to the lake?
(a) It is rainy.
(b) There is a heat wave.
(c) There is a nice warm breeze.
(d) The air is cold and crisp.

4. On the last page of Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what is Paps sad/worried about?
(a) That the family, and more importantly, the brothers will never escape this difficult life.
(b) Whether Ma will leave him.
(c) Whether the brothers will have to go live with their grandparents.
(d) That the family will not be able to pay rent.

5. Why is it unusual that Paps knows how to swim?
(a) Because he is from Canada.
(b) Because he has never seen water before.
(c) Because he grew up away from the water.
(d) Because he is afraid of drowning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Paps most likely give the brothers a bath when he arrives at home in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??

2. At the start of Chapter 14, TRENCH, what does Manny smear under the brothers' eyes, because they are wearing camouflage clothing?

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

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

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

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