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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE, subsection: "MIDNIGHT," what do Manny and Joel say in connection to a negative view of the narrator?
(a) The narrator is capable of destroying himself.
(b) The headbanger is capable of attacking the narrator.
(c) Paps is capable of destroying the narrator for his weird behavior.
(d) Manny is capable of destroying the narrator.

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 they will hurt someone.
(b) He is afraid they will be arrested.
(c) He is afraid Paps is watching them.
(d) He is afraid they will be punished.

4. 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) Ma.
(c) Paps.
(d) Lina.

5. What does the final chapter lead the reader to believe about the narrator's mental space?
(a) The narrator is making good friends in the psychiatric ward.
(b) The narrator has gone crazy and is losing his cognizance due to his possible medications.
(c) The narrator will soon get out of the psychiatric ward.
(d) The narrator should not be in the psychiatric ward.

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

7. What particular name does Paps use with the narrator before the narrator leaves for the psychiatric ward?
(a) My Beautiful Baby Boy.
(b) My Pretty One.
(c) Mijo.
(d) The Lost One.

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

9. 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.

10. In Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE (subsection, "MIDNIGHT"), where does Joel believe the empty alcohol bottle touches down?
(a) On a parked car.
(b) It shatters against a tree.
(c) On a squirrel in a tree.
(d) In a raccoon's mouth.

11. The last line of the narrator's final thoughts are, "Upright, upright, I say, I slur, I vow" (125). How may this line be interpreted?
(a) The narrator needing to fight agains the psychiatric ward, get healthy, and finally lead a normal life.
(b) The narrator trying to battle agains his circumstances, but it is difficult when he is under the influence of medications that make him slur.
(c) The narrator has given up, cannot even speak anymore, and does not know where he is at.
(d) The narrator attempting to sit up in bed, and then mumbling about his struggle.

12. 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) It is hell and the devil.
(c) It is poison and darkness.
(d) As mushrooms that puff out a yellow smoke of spores when squeezed.

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

14. Who is the first brother to go into the hole in Chapter 14, TRENCH?
(a) Manny.
(b) Joel.
(c) All of the brothers go into the hole at the same time.
(d) The narrator.

15. Why do the brothers call themselves, "Ma's militia" (80)?
(a) The brothers stand near Ma as she smokes on the porch, so that she does not hurt herself.
(b) The brothers believe that they are really in the army and can fight anyone who comes near the house.
(c) The brothers are sitting next to Ma while she sleeps to protect her from Paps.
(d) The brothers are sitting around the hole to protect Ma from being buried alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator illustrating at the start of Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I AM MADE, on Page 103?

2. How does Manny describe white magic in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?

3. What does the narrator think while Paps holds him over the Falls in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?

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. What is the Grices' son, the headbanger, carrying when he comes outside in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?

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