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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 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.

2. What meal does Old Man prepare for the brothers?
(a) Vegetables and chicken.
(b) Soup with vegetables from the garden.
(c) Stew with mutton meat.
(d) Salad with vegetables from the garden.

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

4. Who do the brothers imitate while playing their chalk circle game in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) Paps.
(b) Ma.
(c) An unruly neighbor.
(d) Lina.

5. Where has Ma seen the "most water she ever saw in one place" (19)?
(a) In Brooklyn after it rained and puddles gathered on the sides of the street.
(b) In Brooklyn when men opened a johnny pump and water rushed forth.
(c) In California in giant public swimming pools, where she swam in the summer.
(d) In upstate New York after the snow melted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it unusual that Paps knows how to swim?

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

3. At the start of Chapter 14, TRENCH, what does Manny smear under the brothers' eyes, because they are wearing camouflage clothing?

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

5. What does Ma compare to the boys' faces being messy in Chapter 2, NEVER-NEVER TIME?

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