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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 the word "rappel" most likely mean on Page 25?
(a) "Assimilate."
(b) "Descend."
(c) "Rise."
(d) "Ascend."

2. When the family car breaks down in the rain, what does Paps use to protect the brothers?
(a) Plastic bags.
(b) His jacket.
(c) An old blanket.
(d) Old magazines.

3. What does Paps tell the narrator when he pulls him out of the hole in Chapter 14, TRENCH?
(a) "Could be. Could be magic. We'll see" (80).
(b) "You come on out of that trench" (81).
(c) "What'd you take your clothes off or something?" (80).
(d) "The war is over" (81).

4. At the start of Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS, how many sections do the brothers separate their sidewalk chalk circle into?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. Why are there no children at the park according to the narrator when they arrive in Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) Because it is closed to the public for renovations.
(b) Because it is night, and the other children are asleep.
(c) Because it is a scary park on the bad side of town.
(d) Because they are all in school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Manny walk toward after seeing the headbanger in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?

2. What name does Manny call the woman trying to help them?

3. What line on Page 97 best chronicles how the narrator feels about what the headbanger shows the Brothers in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?

4. What is unusual about the way Paps and Ma are dressed during the brothers' bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME??

5. What does Paps confess to the narrator on the way home from the Falls in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?

(see the answer key)

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