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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. What role does the narrator play in the "magic of God" (25)?
(a) God.
(b) The Father.
(c) The Holy Spirit.
(d) The Son.

2. When the boys' father, Paps, comes home, how does he punish his sons?
(a) Paps makes the sons mow the lawn.
(b) Paps spanks his sons.
(c) Paps does not speak to his sons.
(d) Paps yells at his sons for hours.

3. What does Paps declare when the boys approach the hole in Chapter 14, TRENCH?
(a) "That ain't no grave. That's a trench" (76).
(b) "No way that's my grave" (76).
(c) "I'll never get out of here" (76).
(d) "What do you know about trenches?" (78).

4. Why do the brothers call themselves, "Ma's militia" (80)?
(a) The brothers stand near Ma as she smokes on the porch, so that she does not hurt herself.
(b) The brothers believe that they are really in the army and can fight anyone who comes near the house.
(c) The brothers are sitting next to Ma while she sleeps to protect her from Paps.
(d) The brothers are sitting around the hole to protect Ma from being buried alive.

5. Why is Ma mad when she returns home after Paps has dug the "trench" (77)?
(a) Because Paps does not pick her up from work.
(b) Because Paps picks her up late from work.
(c) Because the boys are dirty.
(d) Because there is a big hole in the yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it unusual that Paps knows how to swim?

2. What state do Ma and Paps travel to to get married?

3. What is one nickname that the narrator and his two brothers call themselves?

4. What do the brothers give the pregnant woman outside the drugstore?

5. In the last paragraph of Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME, what does the narrator imply the brothers "need" (51)?

(see the answer key)

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