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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator think while Paps holds him over the Falls in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?
(a) "Why won't you look at me?" (97).
(b) "You're going to learn your lesson" (96).
(c) "Wasn't no one there to stop this" (96).
(d) "I wanted him [Paps] to let me go and die" (99).

2. Who do the brothers imitate while playing their chalk circle game in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) An unruly neighbor.
(b) Lina.
(c) Ma.
(d) Paps.

3. What does the narrator conclude at the end of Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I AM MADE?
(a) THe wants to ask the headbanger for more pornography.
(b) He will kill Manny and Joel, because of his jealousy.
(c) This is the last night when the brothers will all be happily.
(d) He will runaway.

4. Overall, how do the brothers prove they are "tough guys" (68) when they arrive at the park in Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) By ganging up on each other.
(b) By holding each other "hostage in the air" (68).
(c) By throwing rocks at the ducks.
(d) By "taking nothing but dares and putdowns" (68).

5. What contemplation does the narrator have about his journal after being brought to the psychiatric ward?
(a) If he wrote the journal purposely knowing and wanting others to read it.
(b) If he is not really gay, but that he was merely making up stories.
(c) If he should have burnt the journal in the woods.
(d) If one of his brothers will be able to relate to what he wrote.

6. What is the final act of kindness Paps shows toward the narrator?
(a) Paps takes the narrator into the narrator's bedroom and helps him gather his clothes.
(b) Paps sings a song to the narrator, so the narrator is able to fall asleep.
(c) Paps holds the narrator and rocks him back and forth.
(d) Paps gently and meticulously bathes the narrator.

7. What does the narrator notice in the back of the truck on the way to the park in Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) Plastic bags filled with the brothers' clothes, papers, and pictures.
(b) A man hiding underneath a blanket.
(c) The brothers' toys are placed in bins.
(d) Something wrapped up in an old rug.

8. Where does the narrator think Paps is digging to in Chapter 14, TRENCH?
(a) To release stress.
(b) China.
(c) Deep enough to bury a body.
(d) The center of the world.

9. What about previous experiences in the novel may have led the author to title the last Chapter, ZOOKEEPING?
(a) Because the narrator becomes an animal by being around other psychiatric patients.
(b) Because the other patients at the psychiatric ward act like animals.
(c) Because of the treatment the narrator receives during his stay at the psychiatric ward.
(d) Because the narrator mentions his animal-like characteristics and beliefs throughout the story.

10. Who is sitting in the living room at the Grices' house when the boys arrive in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) Dorito, the Grices' dog.
(b) Mr. Grices.
(c) Ben.
(d) Mrs. Grices.

11. How does Manny specifically explain black magic in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) As voodoo, snake-charming, and poison.
(b) As mushrooms that puff out a yellow smoke of spores when squeezed.
(c) It is hell and the devil.
(d) It is poison and darkness.

12. What does Ma do while Paps is with the narrator in the end of Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?
(a) Ma cries while sitting on the edge of her bed.
(b) Ma begins to pack up the narrator's clothing.
(c) Ma holds Manny and Joels as they cry.
(d) Ma leaves the house in the truck.

13. What does the headbanger liken the brothers' sidewalk chalk circle to in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) The moon.
(b) A peace sign.
(c) The sun.
(d) A sacrificial sign.

14. How much older is the Grices' son, the headbanger, than Manny?
(a) The same age as Manny.
(b) One year older than Manny.
(c) Five years older than Manny.
(d) Two years older than Manny.

15. After Manny's dream, what implied comparison is made about the dream to the brothers' current situation in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?
(a) Manny compares the brothers to "a whole sky full of kites" (84).
(b) Manny compares the brothers to "a fistful of seed that God tossed into the mud" (84).
(c) Manny compares the brothers to the other neighborhood kids who have no futures.
(d) Manny compares the brothers to prisoners in Paps' house.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the highway, why does a woman offer to bring the brothers anywhere they need to go?

2. What is the narrator sick of doing after leaving the dumpster in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?

3. What does Ma mean by, "But I need you to tell me what to do?" to the brothers at the park (72)?

4. What simile is used on Page 75 to describe the brothers leaning out the window watching Paps?

5. What does Paps confess to the narrator on the way home from the Falls in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?

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