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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the narrator confess he is scared of after Manny talks about the supernatural?
(a) The dark, magic, and poison.
(b) Night, girls, and spells.
(c) Lightening, his older brothers' behavior, and psychics.
(d) Deep holes, Paps, and God.

5. What does the reader discover about the narrator on page 105 of Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I AM MADE, as the brothers stand on the loading dock?
(a) The narrator is jealous of his brothers.
(b) The narrator has been planning to runaway.
(c) The narrator feels separate from his brothers.
(d) The narrator wants to kill himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Manny walk toward after seeing the headbanger in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?

2. What does the narrator notice in the back of the truck on the way to the park in Chapter 13, DUCKS?

3. On the highway, why does a woman offer to bring the brothers anywhere they need to go?

4. How does Manny specifically explain black magic in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Manny claim that he wants to "reverse gravity" (85)?

2. How does Paps comment about the narrator's dancing: "Goddamn, I got me a pretty one" (102) contribute to your understanding of Paps understanding of his son?

3. How do you know that the narrator and the bus driver have a sexual encounter? (Provide a quote.)

4. How do the narrator's inner-reflections about his brothers while standing on the loading dock in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE (subsection: MIDNIGHT) contrast what he has previously gives voice to?

5. Why does the narrator believe that his family is so furious about what he has written in his journal?

6. At the end of Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS, the narrator says, "Why won't you look at me, my brothers, why won't you take my eyes?" (97). Why does the other want his brothers to "take his eyes"?

7. What do you believe is Ma's original intention when she takes the brothers to the park? How does the reader know that?

8. What may readers surmise by the narrator's description of feeling delighted by the sound of the damage done to the Grices' camper?

9. What does Manny's dream about kites represent for the brothers and their futures? Provide a quote that shows your reasoning.

10. What is the narrator's mood after being "made" by the bus driver?

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