1. After Manny's dream, what implied comparison is made about the dream to the brothers' current situation in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?
(a) Manny compares the brothers to the other neighborhood kids who have no futures.
(b) Manny compares the brothers to "a whole sky full of kites" (84).
(c) Manny compares the brothers to prisoners in Paps' house.
(d) Manny compares the brothers to "a fistful of seed that God tossed into the mud" (84).

2. Why does Lina, Ma's co-worker, come to the narrator's house?
(a) To tell Ma she has been fired.
(b) To babysit the boys.
(c) To tell Paps to stop beating Ma.
(d) Ma has not been showing up to work.

3. What explanation does Paps say to his sons about Ma's swollen purple cheeks?
(a) Ma got into a fight at work with Lina, her co-worker.
(b) Ma was punched in the face by the dentist to loosen her teeth before pulling them.
(c) Ma fell down the stairs when she was drunk.
(d) Ma was in a bad car accident and hit her face on the steering wheel.

4. 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 9 years old, and Joel is 8 years old.
(c) Manny is 14 years old, and Joel is 12 years old.
(d) Manny is 9 years old, and Joel is 7 years old.

5. What do the brothers do with the baby robins that they find in the woods?
(a) Pull the baby robins out of their nest, throw them in the air, and see if they can fly.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Pull off the baby robins' heads.
(d) Throw them into shoeboxes.