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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. When the boys' father, Paps, comes home, how does he punish his sons?
(a) Paps makes the sons mow the lawn.
(b) Paps spanks his sons.
(c) Paps yells at his sons for hours.
(d) Paps does not speak to his sons.

2. What does the narrator hope Paps and Ma will do after the brothers' hide from them in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?
(a) Find the brothers and embrace them.
(b) Dance around the bathroom and never find the brothers.
(c) Leave the bathroom and never fight again.
(d) Paps will kiss Ma and then hug the brothers.

3. Why is the Chapter 2 called, NEVER-NEVER TIME?
(a) The boys never feel seen or heard by Ma and Paps.
(b) The boys chant this to Ma after squirting her.
(c) The boys worry that time will end, and they will die.
(d) It is a nickname for the days when the boys do not have to go to school.

4. After reading Chapter 1, WE WANTED MORE, what point of view is the novel being told from?
(a) First person point of view.
(b) Third person point of view.
(c) Third person omniscient point of view.
(d) Second person point of view.

5. Why is Ma mad when she returns home after Paps has dug the "trench" (77)?
(a) Because Paps does not pick her up from work.
(b) Because there is a big hole in the yard.
(c) Because Paps picks her up late from work.
(d) Because the boys are dirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paps do when Ma yells at him, "This fucking big-dick truck" (64)?

2. What does Ma wear for the family's first drive in the truck?

3. Where does Ma work?

4. What does Paps say to the narrator as he dries him off in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?

5. Why is Ma worried about the brothers' bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?

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