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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator says that he expects Manny to talk back to the headbanger, what can the reader infer about the narrator's opinion of Manny?
(a) Manny is the weakest of the brothers.
(b) The narrator thinks Manny is strong and brave.
(c) The narrator thinks Manny is arrogant and will be beaten up by the headbanger.
(d) The narrator is scared of Manny.

2. Who goes to the park at the start of Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) The brothers and the headbanger.
(b) Ma and the brothers.
(c) Ma goes to the park alone, and the brothers come find her.
(d) The brothers go to the park alone, but Ma comes and finds them.

3. In Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I AM MADE, what do the white trash boys have that the narrator's brothers do not?
(a) "[P]unched-out teeth, bad bread, easy winks" (104).
(b) "[P]et snakes in glass aquariums" (104).
(c) "[M]uscles, bulged like knots on a rope" (103).
(d) "[L]egacies, decades upon decades of poverty..."(104).

4. What is hiding Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE, subsection "DUMPSTER"?
(a) The headbanger.
(b) A stray cat.
(c) A big rat.
(d) Old car parts.

5. Who is the narrator illustrating at the start of Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I AM MADE, on Page 103?
(a) Other boys that live in the neighborhood.
(b) Manny and Joel.
(c) The men who work on the loading dock.
(d) A fight between Joel and Manny.

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

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

8. How does Manny describe white magic in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) As rabbits in hats and card tricks.
(b) As wild and powerful flowers from the woods.
(c) As spells and potions.
(d) As ghosts in the night.

9. At the end of Chapter 15, TRASH KITES, what is Manny's idea to "save" the brothers?
(a) Build a big kite that will take them away.
(b) Find a way to reverse gravity.
(c) Run away.
(d) Get Ma, pile into the truck, and drive away.

10. How does the narrator specifically behave after registering his family is going to disown him?
(a) As if nothing has happened.
(b) He denies ever writing those things in the journal.
(c) Like an animal.
(d) Like a caged wild beast.

11. How does the headbanger get the brothers to come over to his house in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) By saying that he has alcohol.
(b) By offering them money.
(c) By saying that he wants to show them something.
(d) By promising to share a joint with them.

12. What happens between the bus driver and the narrator in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?
(a) The bus driver and the narrator talk about pornography.
(b) The bus driver beats up the narrator.
(c) The bus driver kisses the narrator.
(d) The bus driver sexually touches the narrator.

13. What does Ma mean by, "But I need you to tell me what to do?" to the brothers at the park (72)?
(a) Ma means that the brothers have to tell her to leave Paps.
(b) Ma means that the brothers have to tell Paps and Ma where to drive next.
(c) Ma means that the brothers have to tell Ma how to sell the truck.
(d) Ma means that the brothers have to tell Ma how to save enough money for a new car.

14. What does Manny scream at while Paps is beating him for going to the field in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?
(a) "Murderer!"
(b) "You're no father!"
(c) "Thief!"
(d) "I hate you!"

15. What do the brothers use to make kites in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?
(a) Plastic bags and floss.
(b) Paper and string.
(c) Twine and old sheets.
(d) Twine and plastic bags.

Short Answer Questions

1. What particular name does Paps use with the narrator before the narrator leaves for the psychiatric ward?

2. What food do the brothers find in Ma's purse at the park?

3. Why is Paps going to Niagara Falls in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?

4. According to page 122, what part of the body is washed to "pay him [the narrator] the ultimate respect" (122)?

5. When Manny says, "We should have killed that fucking woman," (73) what woman is he alluding to?

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