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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 is the reader led to believe by what is in the back of the truck in Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) That Ma may be leaving Paps.
(b) That Paps may want to hurt Ma.
(c) That the family is taking a vacation.
(d) That the brothers are running away.

2. 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 California in giant public swimming pools, where she swam in the summer.
(c) In upstate New York after the snow melted.
(d) In Brooklyn when men opened a johnny pump and water rushed forth.

3. Why does Manny crawl into bed with his brother at the beginning of the story?
(a) Manny wants body heat.
(b) Manny wants to tell them a story.
(c) Manny does not have his own bed.
(d) Manny is afraid of the dark.

4. What does Paps tell the narrator when he pulls him out of the hole in Chapter 14, TRENCH?
(a) "You come on out of that trench" (81).
(b) "What'd you take your clothes off or something?" (80).
(c) "Could be. Could be magic. We'll see" (80).
(d) "The war is over" (81).

5. How does Ma describe carrying Manny in her "stomach" (26)?
(a) Ma says that Manny's, "eyes were wet, black-holey - no fear there, no disgust, no pity" (27).
(b) Ma says that Manny was "mixed up" (26).
(c) Ma says that it "rained down silver jingles" (27).
(d) Ma says that Manny was "growing, heart ticking like a time bomb" (26).

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of the narrative, what age does the narrator turn?

2. Where does Ma say she has always wanted to visit in Chapter 13, THE DUCKS?

3. What does the narrator confess he is scared of after Manny talks about the supernatural?

4. What does Joel say is the reason for Paps' digging a hole in the backyard?

5. What do the brothers do with the blue rubber pall to play the sidewalk chalk circle game?

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