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

2. 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 feels separate from his brothers.
(b) The narrator wants to kill himself.
(c) The narrator is jealous of his brothers.
(d) The narrator has been planning to runaway.

3. 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 are "calm and assured" (116).
(d) They "looked...with such ferocity" (116).

4. Why does Paps think it is Manny's idea for the brothers escape and sleep away from home in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?
(a) Because Manny is the youngest.
(b) Because Manny has run away before.
(c) Because Manny is always causing trouble.
(d) Because Manny is the oldest.

5. What subject is Manny always trying to teach the narrator and Joel about as brought up in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP US?
(a) How to fish.
(b) Their parents' relationship.
(c) God.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the brothers do with the blue rubber pall to play the sidewalk chalk circle game?

2. Initially, what does the bus driver ask the narrator in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?

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

4. Overall, how do the brothers prove they are "tough guys" (68) when they arrive at the park in Chapter 13, DUCKS?

5. According to page 122, what part of the body is washed to "pay him [the narrator] the ultimate respect" (122)?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I AM MADE (subsection: MIDNIGHT), why do Manny and Joel say that the narrator is "...fucked up..." (110)?

2. After Paps leaves the narrator alone at museum, an older man ambiguously asks the narrator, "I guess you're a bit young for that. What about your folks?" (100). What are some implications that can be made about the old man's statement?

3. In the final Chapter, ZOOKEEPER, what do you realize about the narrator's mindset?

4. Why is Manny the first one to come out of the dark to face the headbanger after breaking a window of the headbanger's family camper?

5. What do you discover about the brothers' place in the neighborhood through the presentation on Page 90?

6. How does the narrator relate a stray cat's neglect of drinking milk they have given to her to Ma?

7. Why might the brothers claim to be "Ma's Militia" (80) in Chapter 14, TRENCH?

8. How does Ma react when she returns home to find the hole in the backyard?

9. Why is it unusual for the narrator to be dancing like a "mer-man prince" (100) at the museum theater in Niagara Falls?

10. At the start of Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS, while playing a game, what do the brothers' imitation of Paps divulge about their sensibilities?

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