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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the start of the narrative, what age does the narrator turn?
(a) 7.
(b) 14.
(c) 8.
(d) The narrator does not have a birthday.

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

4. At the start of Chapter 6, US PROPER, what do the three brothers create by stacking up on one another's shoulders?
(a) "[B]urglars" (25).
(b) "[A] woman" (24).
(c) The "Three Musketeers" (24).
(d) "[A] ladder" (24).

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

6. On the way home from the lake, the narrator reveals his brothers' ages. How old are they?
(a) Manny is 9 years old, and Joel is 8 years old.
(b) Manny is 10 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.

7. How does the narrator know that Ma is delighted when Paps returns at the start of Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?
(a) Because she "herded us [brothers] into the kitchen" (44).
(b) Because she "sent us [brothers] winks" (44).
(c) Because she "made motorboat noises" (44).
(d) Because she "led us [brothers] to the bathtub" (44).

8. What does the word "rappel" most likely mean on Page 25?
(a) "Assimilate."
(b) "Ascend."
(c) "Descend."
(d) "Rise."

9. What kind of accent does Old Man have?
(a) Missouri accent.
(b) Southern accent.
(c) French accent.
(d) Spanish accent.

10. Why is Ma worried about the brothers' bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?
(a) Ma is stressed that the brothers are "sneaky," (47) and will play a trick on her.
(b) Ma is worried that the brothers will catch "pneumonia" (46) from the cold water.
(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.

11. What promise does Paps eventually make to Ma about the truck?
(a) He will make seatbelts for the boys.
(b) He will sell the truck for more money.
(c) He will buy Ma her own car.
(d) He will return the truck the next day.

12. What does Lina bring with her to the narrator's house?
(a) Groceries.
(b) A pink slip from work.
(c) A message from the boss.
(d) Money.

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

14. What does Paps say to the narrator as he dries him off in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?
(a) "Get my boots from the closet" (49).
(b) "You grew" (46).
(c) Paps jokes "about needing to make some more boys to take our [the brothers'] places" (46).
(d) "I thought you disappeared" (49).

15. How does Old Man tell the brothers to cure their "skeet bites" (35)?
(a) Cut a cross on the bites with their fingernails.
(b) Leave the bites alone to heal.
(c) Put a special lotion he has on the bites.
(d) Spit on their bites.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the brothers have to go with Paps to work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH?

3. Where does Ma work?

4. What are Ma and Paps doing in the bathroom while the brothers bathe in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??

5. Where do the brothers hide after their bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?

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