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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What simile is used to compare Paps' shouting on Page 23?
(a) Paps' shouting is compared to a bobbing mass.
(b) Paps' shouting is compared to a mad scientist.
(c) Paps' shouting is compared to a marvel of his creation.
(d) Paps' shouting is compared to black-green murkiness.

2. Why do the brothers have to be quiet in the mornings?
(a) Because they have a new baby brother who is asleep.
(b) Because Paps is asleep.
(c) Because Ma is asleep.
(d) Because the neighbors downstairs get angry if they hear noise.

3. What object does the narrator use to tell the reader the size of the fish in the lake as mentioned on Page 19?
(a) Crescents.
(b) Clumps.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Cigarettes.

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

5. 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' is late to his second job.
(c) Because Paps' co-worker shows up to take over.
(d) Because Paps' does not want them to see him cheating on Ma.

6. What do the brothers find in the crawlspace at the end of Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?
(a) Their old clothes and toys.
(b) A gun.
(c) An old yellow phone.
(d) A box of old photos of Ma and Paps.

7. What do the brothers do with the baby robins that they find in the woods?
(a) Pull the baby robins out of their nest, throw them in the air, and see if they can fly.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Pull off the baby robins' heads.
(d) Throw them into shoeboxes.

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

9. What does Manny, the narrator's eldest brother, have to get in the middle of the night from the neighbor's for a birthday?
(a) A cup of sugar.
(b) Frosting and candles.
(c) A stick of butter.
(d) A glass dish.

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

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

12. What does Paps do when Ma yells at him, "This fucking big-dick truck" (64)?
(a) Paps slaps Ma across the face after she yells.
(b) Paps piles the boys in the truck and drives off after Ma yells.
(c) Paps ignores Ma and drives away after she yells.
(d) Paps storms inside to confront Ma directly at her rage.

13. What does Lina call Ma after arriving at the narrator's house?
(a) Little One.
(b) Amiga.
(c) Shorty.
(d) Comrade.

14. When Paps and the brothers return home from Paps' job in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what are they shouting?
(a) "No More Crying! No More Crying!" (59).
(b) "Thump, thump, thump" (58).
(c) "He crying?" (58).
(d) "Stop, stop" (59).

15. Who in the family does not know how to swim when they go to the lake?
(a) Joel.
(b) Ma and Manny.
(c) Manny and the narrator.
(d) Ma and the narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of immediately searching for the brothers after the bath, what do Paps and Ma do?

2. How does Ma describe the difference between loving younger sons to older ones?

3. What state do Ma and Paps travel to to get married?

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

5. What does the narrator hope Paps and Ma will do after the brothers' hide from them in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?

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