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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. Why do the brothers run their fingers around the empty bowls in Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?
(a) Because they are angry all the food is gone.
(b) Because there is excess frosting left in the bowls.
(c) Because they are so hungry and want all the food there is left.
(d) Because they are curious what the food tastes like.

2. In the last paragraph of Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME, what does the narrator imply the brothers "need" (51)?
(a) Paps to get a steady job.
(b) Their parents' love and attention.
(c) More freedom.
(d) Their parents to stop fighting.

3. When Manny says, "We should have killed that fucking woman," (73) what woman is he alluding to?
(a) The woman on the highway.
(b) Ma.
(c) A homeless woman they met at the park.
(d) The highway or Ma - it is unclear.

4. What does Lina bring with her to the narrator's house?
(a) A message from the boss.
(b) Money.
(c) A pink slip from work.
(d) Groceries.

5. Why do the brothers have to be quiet in the mornings?
(a) Because Ma is asleep.
(b) Because they have a new baby brother who is asleep.
(c) Because Paps is asleep.
(d) Because the neighbors downstairs get angry if they hear noise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Ma crawls down into the hole and lies down in Chapter 14, TRENCH?

2. How does Ma feel about the phone ringing in Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?

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

4. What does Paps tell the narrator when he pulls him out of the hole in Chapter 14, TRENCH?

5. Why do the brothers have to go with Paps to work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH?

(see the answer key)

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