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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whys is Ma upset that Paps gets a new truck for the family?
2. Why does Lina, Ma's co-worker, come to the narrator's house?
3. Why do the brothers have to get up quickly and leave Paps' work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH?
4. On the last page of Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH, what is Paps sad/worried about?
5. What does the narrator believe Paps is really doing when he punishes his sons?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the reader know that Ma was a naive teenager when it came to sex as explained in Chapter 6, US PROPER?
2. Having the knowledge of Ma's grueling work schedule and unstable behavior, why might the narrator say after Ma awakes confused, "It was a Sunday, but no one told Ma that" (5)?
3. What personality traits and behaviors are both implicitly and explicitly conveyed through the description of the brothers' behaviors in the opening Chapters? How do you come to these conclusions?
4. What kind of support does Lina provide to the narrator's family when she comes to visit?
5. How does the narrator feel when Paps and Ma discover him after the narrator nearly drowns in the lake?
6. At the start of Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME, how does Paps show an expression of regret when he returns to the family's home?
7. Why do the brothers dig up Old Man's garden?
8. How does Paps coerce Ma into not being so irate about about the new truck?
9. What are some examples at the start of Chapter 12, BIG-DICK TRUCK that demonstrate the financial situation of the narrator's family?
10. How do you know that the novel is being written in first-person?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 3, HERITAGE, Paps explains that the brothers are not Puerto Rican, white, or rich, but asks them to individually dance as if they belong to one of these cultural/racial/socioeconomic statuses. Why does Paps want the brothers to imitate all three types of heritage groups? What does Paps believe each group embodies by the way the brothers dance?
Essay Topic 2
Manny has a symbolic dream at the end of Chapter 15, TRASH KITES. Examine pages 84-85, identify the symbol of "kites" and analyze how the dream exposes more about the nature of the brothers' situation.
Essay Topic 3
In reference to the narrator asking Paps about the caged light in Chapter 6, NIGHT WATCH, on the ride home from Paps' work, the brothers incessantly ask Paps if he has the capability of unlocking and freeing the light. How does this interrogation from all three brothers show their concern about Paps' power? What is a possible relation to this conversation and the brothers' own futures and potential?
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