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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator wakes up at Paps' work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what does he ask him?
(a) "Why is that light in a cage?" (53) referring to a light in the sky.
(b) "What's all this?" (55) referring to a card he finds on the ground.
(c) "What'd the man say to you?" (57) referring to Paps' co-worker.
(d) "Why is that light in a cage?" (53) referring to a light in a metal mesh box across the street.

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

3. What is one nickname that the narrator and his two brothers call themselves?
(a) The Stooges.
(b) The Robbers.
(c) The Gentleman.
(d) The Monkeys.

4. Why is Chapter 6 called US PROPER?
(a) Because the drugstore clerk asks the brothers to behave properly.
(b) Because the pregnant woman asks the brothers if they know how to be proper.
(c) Because Ma asks the brothers to be proper and stop playing games.
(d) Because Paps spanks the brothers and tells them to behave properly.

5. What tool do the boys use to smash the tomatoes?
(a) A mallet.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A stick.
(d) A big rock.

6. Whys is Ma upset that Paps gets a new truck for the family?
(a) She wanted a car - not a truck.
(b) The truck does not have enough seats or seatbelts for the boys.
(c) Paps stole the truck.
(d) Paps wasted all of their savings on a fancy truck.

7. What do the brothers ask strangers to buy them outside the drugstore in Chapter 5, US PROPER?
(a) Booze and candy.
(b) Gum and cigarettes.
(c) Cigarettes or whiskey.
(d) Cigarettes or beer.

8. What does Manny say about Paps disappearance in Chapter 8, OTHER LOCUSTS?
(a) Manny tells the narrator that Paps "was still broken, still dead-eyed, but not dead" (36).
(b) Manny tells the boys that Paps "don't know shit" (37).
(c) Manny says that "he'd picked up with another woman" (36).
(d) Manny tells the boys that Paps "yelled that one word over and over, stop, stop, stop" (37).

9. Where does Ma work?
(a) Ma does not work.
(b) A clothing store in the city.
(c) The brewery up the hill.
(d) As a housekeeper at a hotel.

10. What does Old Man call the brothers as they eat the vegetables from his garden?
(a) Animals and locusts.
(b) Animals and orphans.
(c) Stupid and poor.
(d) Burglars and orphans.

11. Why does Lina, Ma's co-worker, come to the narrator's house?
(a) To babysit the boys.
(b) To tell Paps to stop beating Ma.
(c) Ma has not been showing up to work.
(d) To tell Ma she has been fired.

12. In the last paragraph of Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME, what does the narrator imply the brothers "need" (51)?
(a) Their parents to stop fighting.
(b) Their parents' love and attention.
(c) More freedom.
(d) Paps to get a steady job.

13. What does the narrator believe Paps is really doing when he punishes his sons?
(a) Taking his anger out on his sons instead of Ma.
(b) Preparing them to be strong to fight other boys.
(c) Giving them an awakening.
(d) The narrator believes Paps is so drunk he does not know what he is doing.

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

15. What does Ma ask her sons to squirt on her face when they run out of the original ingredient(s)?
(a) Water and salt.
(b) Maple syrup.
(c) Chocolate milk.
(d) Ketchup.

Short Answer Questions

1. What simile is used to compare Paps' shouting on Page 23?

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

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

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

5. How does Ma describe carrying Manny in her "stomach" (26)?

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