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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. What does Paps do at the start of Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) Grabs Ma and throws her against the wall.
(b) Brings Ma into the bedroom and makes her late for work.
(c) Yells at the brothers to clean their rooms before Paps leaves for work.
(d) Asks Ma to make him dinner before she leaves for work.

2. After Manny's dream, what implied comparison is made about the dream to the brothers' current situation in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?
(a) Manny compares the brothers to "a whole sky full of kites" (84).
(b) Manny compares the brothers to "a fistful of seed that God tossed into the mud" (84).
(c) Manny compares the brothers to the other neighborhood kids who have no futures.
(d) Manny compares the brothers to prisoners in Paps' house.

3. Why do the brothers have to go with Paps to work in Chapter 11, NIGHT WATCH?
(a) Because Ma is working too, and no one is at home to watch them.
(b) Because Ma is asleep at home, and they will wake her.
(c) Because Paps is afraid the boys will get in trouble.
(d) Because Paps needs extra help.

4. When the boys' father, Paps, comes home, how does he punish his sons?
(a) Paps yells at his sons for hours.
(b) Paps makes the sons mow the lawn.
(c) Paps does not speak to his sons.
(d) Paps spanks his sons.

5. Who is the first brother to go into the hole in Chapter 14, TRENCH?
(a) Manny.
(b) The narrator.
(c) All of the brothers go into the hole at the same time.
(d) Joel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Ma and Paps doing in the bathroom while the brothers bathe in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??

2. What do the brothers do with the blue rubber pall to play the sidewalk chalk circle game?

3. How much older is the Grices' son, the headbanger, than Manny?

4. What does the headbanger look like?

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

(see the answer key)

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