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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. After reading Chapter 1, WE WANTED MORE, what point of view is the novel being told from?
(a) Third person omniscient point of view.
(b) First person point of view.
(c) Second person point of view.
(d) Third person point of view.

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

3. Who is incessantly calling the narrator's house at the start of Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?
(a) Ma.
(b) Paps.
(c) Lina.
(d) The narrator.

4. When the narrator wakes up at Paps' work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what does he ask him?
(a) "Why is that light in a cage?" (53) referring to a light in a metal mesh box across the street.
(b) "Why is that light in a cage?" (53) referring to a light in the sky.
(c) "What'd the man say to you?" (57) referring to Paps' co-worker.
(d) "What's all this?" (55) referring to a card he finds on the ground.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the pregnant woman tell the brothers about babies outside the drugstore?

2. At the start of Chapter 9, TALK TO ME, what does Ma cut her fingertip on?

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

4. In the opening of Chapter 2, NEVER-NEVER TIME, why are the brothers wearing raincoats?

5. After Manny's dream, what implied comparison is made about the dream to the brothers' current situation in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?

(see the answer key)

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