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

2. 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) Their parents' relationship.
(b) God.
(c) How to fish.
(d) Sex.

3. What does the narrator do in the theater at the museum in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?
(a) Make friends with another boy.
(b) Tells Paps to stop yelling at the screen.
(c) Dances.
(d) Lies down and takes a nap.

4. What is the tone of the narrator's portrayal on page 103 of Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I AM MADE,?
(a) Negative and judgmental.
(b) Jubilant and hopeful.
(c) Confused and alone.
(d) Sullen and hopeless.

5. Why does Ma most likely call the truck, "that truck" instead of "the truck"?
(a) Because it is old and rickety and will most likely break down.
(b) Because Paps buys the truck without telling her, and it has no seats for the brothers.
(c) Because the family has not paid for all of it.
(d) Because Paps tells Ma that it is his truck, and Ma cannot drive it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paps confess to the narrator on the way home from the Falls in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?

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

3. What does Joel say is the reason for Paps' digging a hole in the backyard?

4. 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?

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. 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?

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

3. How does the narrator react to seeing his journal in Ma's lap at the end of the novel?

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

5. What "lie" does the narrator assume his brothers think about their futures while standing on the loading dock?

6. What does the author's choice to intertwine the narrator's episode in the locker room while watching the pornographic video contribute to uncover the narrator's notion of sexuality?

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

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

9. What quote on Page 113 claims that the narrator believes his brothers have figured out that the narrator is "different"? Provide a quote.

10. What does the narrator claim is the closest to being "made" he has ever been while hiding in the bus station bathroom? What does this exploit reveal about the narrator's secret?

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