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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 Manny, the narrator's eldest brother, have to get in the middle of the night from the neighbor's for a birthday?
(a) A stick of butter.
(b) A cup of sugar.
(c) A glass dish.
(d) Frosting and candles.

2. At the start of Chapter 6, US PROPER, what do the three brothers create by stacking up on one another's shoulders?
(a) "[A] ladder" (24).
(b) "[A] woman" (24).
(c) "[B]urglars" (25).
(d) The "Three Musketeers" (24).

3. What does Manny scream at while Paps is beating him for going to the field in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?
(a) "Murderer!"
(b) "You're no father!"
(c) "I hate you!"
(d) "Thief!"

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

5. 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 the brothers will have to go live with their grandparents.
(c) That the family will not be able to pay rent.
(d) Whether Ma will leave him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What simile is used on Page 75 to describe the brothers leaning out the window watching Paps?

2. What does Ma ask her sons to squirt on her face when they run out of the original ingredient(s)?

3. At the start of the narrative, what age does the narrator turn?

4. At the start of the novel, how many boys, also brothers, are introduced?

5. What are Ma and Paps doing in the bathroom while the brothers bathe in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??

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