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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. What food do the brothers find in Ma's purse at the park?
(a) A chocolate bar.
(b) Licorice.
(c) Beer pretzels.
(d) Crackers.

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

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

4. What does the narrator notice in the back of the truck on the way to the park in Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) Something wrapped up in an old rug.
(b) The brothers' toys are placed in bins.
(c) A man hiding underneath a blanket.
(d) Plastic bags filled with the brothers' clothes, papers, and pictures.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is hiding Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE, subsection "DUMPSTER"?

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

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

4. In Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I AM MADE, what do the white trash boys have that the narrator's brothers do not?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. How do Paps and Ma choose to handle the discovery of the narrator's journal and having to send him to a psychiatric institution?

5. 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?

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

7. How does Manny explain his idea of "God" to his brothers after playing the chalk circle game?

8. How does the narrator deviate from the other brothers when it comes to lying in the hole Paps has dug?

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

10. How does Ma feel after visiting the park? What statements or behavior show her feelings?

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