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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Mam always give to Little Man when making breakfast?
(a) Making the coffee.
(b) Making the toast.
(c) Making the bacon.
(d) Making the eggs.

2. Who was the Greek statesman and orator that supposedly had put pebbles in his mouth to overcome stuttering?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Pythagoras.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Demosthenes.

3. What does Mam chastise an older kid for doing at the zoo in Chapter 12?
(a) Feeding trash to a giraffe.
(b) Giving a cigarette to a monkey.
(c) Littering on the sidewalk.
(d) Hitting a young boy.

4. What does Little Man say he's going to do with these words after he has completed his story in Chapter 20?
(a) He will give them to Mam.
(b) He will bury them.
(c) He will burn them.
(d) He will give them to Art.

5. Why does Little Man decide to take a bath at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) He has a headache.
(b) He smells like mothballs.
(c) He is covered in sand.
(d) He is covered in mud.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Little Man feel when he learns that Mr. Spiro is leaving for a trip in Chapter 15?

2. What treat do Little Man and Mam have as they wait for their picture to be developed in Chapter 12?

3. What does Little Man notice Ara T is wearing when Ara T turns and starts to attack him in Chapter 17?

4. How does the author denote Little Man's speech struggles in the dialogue sections of the novel?

5. On what date does the autumnal equinox fall?

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