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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS - Chapter 17, NIAGRA.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the start of the novel, how many boys, also brothers, are introduced?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

2. What does the headbanger look like?
(a) Short-blond hair and acne pocks on his face.
(b) Dirty clothes and oily skin.
(c) White-blonde hair down his back, and it is cut short at the sides and front.
(d) He wears shorts and a tank-top, even when it is cold outside.

3. What promise does Paps eventually make to Ma about the truck?
(a) He will sell the truck for more money.
(b) He will make seatbelts for the boys.
(c) He will return the truck the next day.
(d) He will buy Ma her own car.

4. When Manny says, "We should have killed that fucking woman," (73) what woman is he alluding to?
(a) The highway or Ma - it is unclear.
(b) Ma.
(c) The woman on the highway.
(d) A homeless woman they met at the park.

5. How does Ma respond when Manny asks worriedly if Paps is having a heart attack in Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?
(a) "What heart?" (41).
(b) "That's all there is" (40).
(c) Ma dismisses Manny.
(d) Ma "unlaced her work boots, slipped off her socks, and massaged her feet" (40).

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the brothers use to make kites in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?

2. What does the narrator think while Paps holds him over the Falls in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?

3. What does Lina bring with her to the narrator's house?

4. What does the word "rappel" most likely mean on Page 25?

5. How does Ma describe the difference between loving younger sons to older ones?

(see the answer key)

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