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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS - Chapter 17, NIAGRA.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the brothers use to make kites in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?
(a) Plastic bags and floss.
(b) Twine and plastic bags.
(c) Paper and string.
(d) Twine and old sheets.

2. What does Ma mean by, "But I need you to tell me what to do?" to the brothers at the park (72)?
(a) Ma means that the brothers have to tell Paps and Ma where to drive next.
(b) Ma means that the brothers have to tell Ma how to save enough money for a new car.
(c) Ma means that the brothers have to tell Ma how to sell the truck.
(d) Ma means that the brothers have to tell her to leave Paps.

3. Why is the narrator frightened by what his brothers want to do to the Grices' camper in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) He is afraid they will be arrested.
(b) He is afraid Paps is watching them.
(c) He is afraid they will hurt someone.
(d) He is afraid they will be punished.

4. Who is the first brother to go into the hole in Chapter 14, TRENCH?
(a) Joel.
(b) All of the brothers go into the hole at the same time.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Manny.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What does Old Man call the brothers as they eat the vegetables from his garden?

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

4. What is the Grices' son, the headbanger, carrying when he comes outside in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?

5. How does the narrator know Paps and Ma are fighting when Paps returns home in Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?

(see the answer key)

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