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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ma say to Paps on the way home from the lake?
(a) "What? Do you want me to teach him how to fly?" (22).
(b) "How else do you expect to him learn?" (21).
(c) "He's alive! He's alive!" (23)
(d) "He is going to learn" (21).

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

3. Why do the brothers have to get up quickly and leave Paps' work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH?
(a) Because Paps' shift is over.
(b) Because Paps' co-worker shows up to take over.
(c) Because Paps' does not want them to see him cheating on Ma.
(d) Because Paps' is late to his second job.

4. How old is Ma when she gives birth to Manny?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

5. What do the brothers give the pregnant woman outside the drugstore?
(a) Change for her baby.
(b) Money for rent.
(c) An adult magazine.
(d) Milk for her baby.

6. Why is Ma worried about the brothers' bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?
(a) Ma is worried that the brothers will catch "pneumonia" (46) from the cold water.
(b) Ma is stressed that the brothers are "sneaky," (47) and will play a trick on her.
(c) Ma is concerned about the brothers, because the brothers were "clean and fed and not afraid of growing up" (47).
(d) Ma is scared that the brothers "couldn't comprehend what was..." (46) happening.

7. How does Ma respond when Manny asks worriedly if Paps is having a heart attack in Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?
(a) "What heart?" (41).
(b) "That's all there is" (40).
(c) Ma dismisses Manny.
(d) Ma "unlaced her work boots, slipped off her socks, and massaged her feet" (40).

8. What does Ma wear for the family's first drive in the truck?
(a) Ma refuses to go on the first drive.
(b) A short black skirt with high heels.
(c) Her work boots and a house dress.
(d) A red dress and gold hoop earrings.

9. How does Ma respond to Paps worries at the end of Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH?
(a) "He's tired" (60).
(b) Ma says nothing and cries.
(c) "Don't. Don't you dare" (60).
(d) "Nobody" (60).

10. At the start of Chapter 9, TALK TO ME, what does Ma cut her fingertip on?
(a) A metal toy.
(b) A broken beer bottle.
(c) A piece of glass.
(d) The edge of a soup can.

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

12. What job does Paps finally get?
(a) A security guard, the night watch.
(b) An automotive shop.
(c) The gas station.
(d) At the brewery, with Ma.

13. Why are grocery stores and banks closed when Ma takes her sons to run errands?
(a) Because it is the middle of the night.
(b) because it is Sunday.
(c) Because it is a holiday.
(d) Because they closed down before the family arrives.

14. When the boys' father, Paps, comes home, how does he punish his sons?
(a) Paps yells at his sons for hours.
(b) Paps makes the sons mow the lawn.
(c) Paps spanks his sons.
(d) Paps does not speak to his sons.

15. According to Ma, in Chapter 4, SEVEN, who "studies God"(13)?
(a) Priests.
(b) Nuns.
(c) Monks.
(d) Good boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the brothers do with the baby robins that they find in the woods?

2. Why does Old Man compare the brothers to locusts?

3. What role does the narrator play in the "magic of God" (25)?

4. What does Ma break after seeing her face all bruised and swollen in the mirror?

5. How does the narrator know that Ma is delighted when Paps returns at the start of Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?

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