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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 does Paps do when Ma yells at him, "This fucking big-dick truck" (64)?
(a) Paps slaps Ma across the face after she yells.
(b) Paps piles the boys in the truck and drives off after Ma yells.
(c) Paps storms inside to confront Ma directly at her rage.
(d) Paps ignores Ma and drives away after she yells.

2. What does Paps tell the narrator when he pulls him out of the hole in Chapter 14, TRENCH?
(a) "You come on out of that trench" (81).
(b) "What'd you take your clothes off or something?" (80).
(c) "Could be. Could be magic. We'll see" (80).
(d) "The war is over" (81).

3. What does Ma ask her sons to squirt on her face when they run out of the original ingredient(s)?
(a) Water and salt.
(b) Chocolate milk.
(c) Maple syrup.
(d) Ketchup.

4. After Manny's dream, what implied comparison is made about the dream to the brothers' current situation in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?
(a) Manny compares the brothers to "a fistful of seed that God tossed into the mud" (84).
(b) Manny compares the brothers to "a whole sky full of kites" (84).
(c) Manny compares the brothers to prisoners in Paps' house.
(d) Manny compares the brothers to the other neighborhood kids who have no futures.

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 is afraid of drowning.
(d) Because he grew up away from the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. After reading Chapter 1, WE WANTED MORE, what point of view is the novel being told from?

2. What does the narrator believe Paps is really doing when he punishes his sons?

3. What does Manny scream at while Paps is beating him for going to the field in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?

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

5. What does Lina call Ma after arriving at the narrator's house?

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