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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Initially, what does the bus driver ask the narrator in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?
(a) If the narrator wants to go for a ride through town.
(b) If the narrator wants some candy.
(c) If the narrator is lost.
(d) If the narrator is going to New York.

2. 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) The men who work on the loading dock.
(c) Manny and Joel.
(d) A fight between Joel and Manny.

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

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

5. 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 have told the narrator his brothers are stupid.
(b) Paps and Ma have had conversations with him about his potential.
(c) Paps and Ma are getting a divorce.
(d) Paps and Ma do not treat the narrator as well as his brothers, and they feel regret about it.

6. 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 Ma how to sell the truck.
(c) Ma means that the brothers have to tell Paps and Ma where to drive next.
(d) Ma means that the brothers have to tell Ma how to save enough money for a new car.

7. During the narrator's fight with Joel and Manny toward the end of the novel, what does Manny want the narrator to do?
(a) Admit that the narrator is fucked up.
(b) Walk home alone.
(c) Go back to the loading dock.
(d) Fight him.

8. What do Manny and Joel throw at the Grices' camper in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) A piece of wood.
(b) Change.
(c) Marbles.
(d) The rubber ball.

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

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. 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 narrator mentions his animal-like characteristics and beliefs throughout the story.
(c) Because the other patients at the psychiatric ward act like animals.
(d) Because of the treatment the narrator receives during his stay at the psychiatric ward.

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

13. What simile is used on Page 75 to describe the brothers leaning out the window watching Paps?
(a) "We would have appeared to him like a three-torsoed beast" (75).
(b) "We pushed open the upstairs window and leaned out..." (75).
(c) "Still in our underwear, our skin one shade of deep summer brown..." (75).
(d) "Someone had died, someone in the army" (75).

14. What does Manny walk toward after seeing the headbanger in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) Home.
(b) A log.
(c) The headbanger.
(d) The woods.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE (subsection, "MIDNIGHT"), where does Joel believe the empty alcohol bottle touches down?

3. How does the narrator specifically behave after registering his family is going to disown him?

4. Why does the narrator get on the bus in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?

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

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