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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What memory does the narrator bring to mind at the end of Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I AM MADE?
(a) The narrator is reminded that he will not be part of his brothers' lives anymore.
(b) The narrator is reminded he will no longer have a mother.
(c) The narrator realizes he will be sent to a psychiatric ward.
(d) The narrator is brought back to a time when he was picked on by his brothers.

3. Where does the headbanger bring the brothers at his house in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) The living room.
(b) The basement.
(c) His bedroom.
(d) The garage.

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

5. What is the narrator sick of doing after leaving the dumpster in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?
(a) Listening to Manny and Joel fight.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Creeping.
(d) Walking.

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

7. 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) The narrator thinks Manny is strong and brave.
(b) The narrator is scared of Manny.
(c) Manny is the weakest of the brothers.
(d) The narrator thinks Manny is arrogant and will be beaten up by the headbanger.

8. What is the subject of the narrator's journal?
(a) Fantasies about the men he has met at the bus station.
(b) Insulting language about his brothers.
(c) The horrible parenting of Paps and Ma.
(d) Sexual observations of young women.

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

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

11. In Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE, subsection: "MIDNIGHT," what does the narrator share with the reader about Paps and Ma?
(a) Paps and Ma are getting a divorce.
(b) Paps and Ma have had conversations with him about his potential.
(c) Paps and Ma have told the narrator his brothers are stupid.
(d) Paps and Ma do not treat the narrator as well as his brothers, and they feel regret about it.

12. What is the subject of the video in the museum, where the narrator is dropped off at in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?
(a) People born with two pupils to each eye or forked tongues.
(b) The history of the Falls.
(c) Men discussing the intensity of the Falls.
(d) Men in barrels as they go over the Falls.

13. How long has the narrator been going to the bus station in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?
(a) Weeks.
(b) The narrator has never been to the bus station before.
(c) Months.
(d) Every night for the past week.

14. Why is Paps going to Niagara Falls in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?
(a) To drive a package.
(b) To fly a package.
(c) Paps wants to see the beautiful scenery of Niagara Falls.
(d) Looking for a job.

15. What do the brothers do with the blue rubber pall to play the sidewalk chalk circle game?
(a) Kick the ball to one another.
(b) Throw the ball high up in the air and try to catch it.
(c) Pass the ball from one brothers to the next.
(d) Smack the ball with their palms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What contemplation does the narrator have about his journal after being brought to the psychiatric ward?

2. What does Paps declare when the boys approach the hole in Chapter 14, TRENCH?

3. After Manny's dream, what implied comparison is made about the dream to the brothers' current situation in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?

4. At the start of Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS, how many sections do the brothers separate their sidewalk chalk circle into?

5. Out on the loading dock in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I AM MADE, what do the narrator and his brothers look toward?

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