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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What predominant positive feeling does the narrator think to himself once he gets off the bus in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?
(a) "There was no one to explain any of this to me" (113).
(b) "My brothers will lose themselves tonight" (114).
(c) "And I was made" (115).
(d) "I am done pretending" (114).

2. What does Paps do at the start of Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) Yells at the brothers to clean their rooms before Paps leaves for work.
(b) Grabs Ma and throws her against the wall.
(c) Asks Ma to make him dinner before she leaves for work.
(d) Brings Ma into the bedroom and makes her late for work.

3. Why is the narrator frightened by what his brothers want to do to the Grices' camper in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) He is afraid Paps is watching them.
(b) He is afraid they will hurt someone.
(c) He is afraid they will be punished.
(d) He is afraid they will be arrested.

4. What do the brothers do with the blue rubber pall to play the sidewalk chalk circle game?
(a) Smack the ball with their palms.
(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) Kick the ball to one another.

5. What does the headbanger look like?
(a) White-blonde hair down his back, and it is cut short at the sides and front.
(b) He wears shorts and a tank-top, even when it is cold outside.
(c) Dirty clothes and oily skin.
(d) Short-blond hair and acne pocks on his face.

6. Why are there no children at the park according to the narrator when they arrive in Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) Because it is a scary park on the bad side of town.
(b) Because they are all in school.
(c) Because it is night, and the other children are asleep.
(d) Because it is closed to the public for renovations.

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

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

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

10. How does the narrator's family react when he first arrives at home from the bus station in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?
(a) They "imagined perversions" (116).
(b) They spoke to him "in bold and explicit language" (116).
(c) They "looked...with such ferocity" (116).
(d) They are "calm and assured" (116).

11. Why does Paps take the narrator to Niagara Falls and not Joel and Manny?
(a) Because Joel and Manny get sick with chicken pox.
(b) Because Joel and Manny have already seen Niagara Falls.
(c) Because Joel and Manny are grounded for getting into a fight.
(d) Because Joel and Manny are flunking out of school and cannot miss more days.

12. What does Joel say is the reason for Paps' digging a hole in the backyard?
(a) A grave for Manny.
(b) A grave for himself.
(c) A trench.
(d) A grave for Ma.

13. What does Paps declare when the boys approach the hole in Chapter 14, TRENCH?
(a) "What do you know about trenches?" (78).
(b) "No way that's my grave" (76).
(c) "I'll never get out of here" (76).
(d) "That ain't no grave. That's a trench" (76).

14. At the start of Chapter 14, TRENCH, what does Manny smear under the brothers' eyes, because they are wearing camouflage clothing?
(a) Black shoe polish.
(b) Mud.
(c) Ma's red lipstick.
(d) Ma's black eyeliner.

15. What is the tone of the narrator's portrayal on page 103 of Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I AM MADE,?
(a) Jubilant and hopeful.
(b) Sullen and hopeless.
(c) Negative and judgmental.
(d) Confused and alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first brother to go into the hole in Chapter 14, TRENCH?

2. What does Manny scream at while Paps is beating him for going to the field in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?

3. Why does Ma most likely call the truck, "that truck" instead of "the truck"?

4. What incident makes the narrator assume that every member of his family has read his journal?

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

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