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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 simile is used to compare Paps' shouting on Page 23?
(a) Paps' shouting is compared to a bobbing mass.
(b) Paps' shouting is compared to a mad scientist.
(c) Paps' shouting is compared to a marvel of his creation.
(d) Paps' shouting is compared to black-green murkiness.

2. What job does Paps finally get?
(a) An automotive shop.
(b) A security guard, the night watch.
(c) The gas station.
(d) At the brewery, with Ma.

3. 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 has run away before.
(b) Because Manny is the oldest.
(c) Because Manny is the youngest.
(d) Because Manny is always causing trouble.

4. What does Paps do to try and convey to his sons their heritage?
(a) Paps plays British music.
(b) Paps shows his sons pictures of his childhood.
(c) Paps dances in a Puerto Rican style.
(d) Paps takes his sons to meet their grandparents.

5. What does the pregnant woman tell the brothers about babies outside the drugstore?
(a) The brothers need to get away from her.
(b) She needs money for diapers.
(c) All babies have daddies.
(d) All babies are Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Old Man tell the brothers to cure their "skeet bites" (35)?

2. How does Ma describe carrying Manny in her "stomach" (26)?

3. How does Ma respond when Manny asks worriedly if Paps is having a heart attack in Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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