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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 name does Manny call the woman trying to help them?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Nosy.
(c) Bitch.
(d) Slut.

2. What does the narrator think while Paps holds him over the Falls in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?
(a) "You're going to learn your lesson" (96).
(b) "Wasn't no one there to stop this" (96).
(c) "Why won't you look at me?" (97).
(d) "I wanted him [Paps] to let me go and die" (99).

3. What do the brothers do with the blue rubber pall to play the sidewalk chalk circle game?
(a) Throw the ball high up in the air and try to catch it.
(b) Pass the ball from one brothers to the next.
(c) Kick the ball to one another.
(d) Smack the ball with their palms.

4. Why does Paps think it is Manny's idea for the brothers escape and sleep away from home in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?
(a) Because Manny has run away before.
(b) Because Manny is the youngest.
(c) Because Manny is the oldest.
(d) Because Manny is always causing trouble.

5. Where is Lina from?
(a) New York.
(b) The drugstore.
(c) China.
(d) The paper mill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of an open field, where does Manny think the brothers should have slept to elude Paps in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?

2. What do the brothers find in the crawlspace at the end of Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?

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

4. What does Paps do to try and convey to his sons their heritage?

5. When Manny says, "We should have killed that fucking woman," (73) what woman is he alluding to?

(see the answer key)

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