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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. On the way home from the lake, the narrator reveals his brothers' ages. How old are they?
(a) Manny is 10 years old, and Joel is 8 years old.
(b) Manny is 14 years old, and Joel is 12 years old.
(c) Manny is 9 years old, and Joel is 7 years old.
(d) Manny is 9 years old, and Joel is 8 years old.

2. How does Ma describe carrying Manny in her "stomach" (26)?
(a) Ma says that Manny was "mixed up" (26).
(b) Ma says that Manny was "growing, heart ticking like a time bomb" (26).
(c) Ma says that Manny's, "eyes were wet, black-holey - no fear there, no disgust, no pity" (27).
(d) Ma says that it "rained down silver jingles" (27).

3. What happens when Ma crawls down into the hole and lies down in Chapter 14, TRENCH?
(a) It starts to rain.
(b) Paps comes home and yells at her.
(c) The brothers come and crawl in with her.
(d) She falls asleep for hours.

4. Who is incessantly calling the narrator's house at the start of Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?
(a) Ma.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Lina.
(d) Paps.

5. What does Lina call Ma after arriving at the narrator's house?
(a) Amiga.
(b) Comrade.
(c) Little One.
(d) Shorty.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 15, TRASH KITES, what is Manny's idea to "save" the brothers?

2. What is unusual about the way Paps and Ma are dressed during the brothers' bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??

3. What food do the brothers find in Ma's purse at the park?

4. How does the reader know how Old Man feels about the brothers?

5. When Paps and the brothers return home from Paps' job in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what are they shouting?

(see the answer key)

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