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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 do Manny and Joel throw at the Grices' camper in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) A piece of wood.
(b) Marbles.
(c) Change.
(d) The rubber ball.

2. 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.

3. What does the narrator conclude at the end of Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I AM MADE?
(a) THe wants to ask the headbanger for more pornography.
(b) This is the last night when the brothers will all be happily.
(c) He will kill Manny and Joel, because of his jealousy.
(d) He will runaway.

4. What is the subject of the video in the museum, where the narrator is dropped off at in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?
(a) People born with two pupils to each eye or forked tongues.
(b) Men in barrels as they go over the Falls.
(c) The history of the Falls.
(d) Men discussing the intensity of the Falls.

5. How does Manny describe white magic in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) As wild and powerful flowers from the woods.
(b) As ghosts in the night.
(c) As rabbits in hats and card tricks.
(d) As spells and potions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paps declare when the boys approach the hole in Chapter 14, TRENCH?

2. Why are there no children at the park according to the narrator when they arrive in Chapter 13, DUCKS?

3. How many miles does the narrator walk to get to the bus station in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

2. Why might the author share that the narrator remembers an erotic situation in a public pool locker room before viewing the tape the headbanger shares?

3. 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?

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

5. How does the headbanger's interpretation of the chalk circle being separated in a way that looks similar to a peace sign contribute to the story?

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. What does it say about the narrator when he ponders, "Who knows this mutt life, this race mixing? Who knows Paps?" (104) in Chapter 19, THE NIGHT I AM MADE?

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

9. 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?

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

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