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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9, TALK TO ME - Chapter 12, BIG-DICK TRUCK.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Paps and Ma do in the bathroom as described on Page 48?
(a) Fight over where the brothers are hiding.
(b) Give each other massages.
(c) Have sex.
(d) Kiss and dance.

2. What does the narrator believe Paps is really doing when he punishes his sons?
(a) The narrator believes Paps is so drunk he does not know what he is doing.
(b) Preparing them to be strong to fight other boys.
(c) Giving them an awakening.
(d) Taking his anger out on his sons instead of Ma.

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

4. What state do Ma and Paps travel to to get married?
(a) Texas.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Pennsylvania.

5. How does Ma describe carrying Manny in her "stomach" (26)?
(a) Ma says that Manny was "mixed up" (26).
(b) Ma says that Manny was "growing, heart ticking like a time bomb" (26).
(c) Ma says that Manny's, "eyes were wet, black-holey - no fear there, no disgust, no pity" (27).
(d) Ma says that it "rained down silver jingles" (27).

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of accent does Old Man have?

2. At the start of Chapter 6, US PROPER, what do the three brothers create by stacking up on one another's shoulders?

3. Why is Ma worried about the brothers' bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?

4. What does Ma break after seeing her face all bruised and swollen in the mirror?

5. Who in the family does not know how to swim when they go to the lake?

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