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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the final act of kindness Paps shows toward the narrator?
(a) Paps gently and meticulously bathes the narrator.
(b) Paps sings a song to the narrator, so the narrator is able to fall asleep.
(c) Paps holds the narrator and rocks him back and forth.
(d) Paps takes the narrator into the narrator's bedroom and helps him gather his clothes.

2. What does Paps confess to the narrator on the way home from the Falls in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?
(a) He is angry with the narrator for talking to strangers.
(b) He is cheating on Ma and leaving the family.
(c) He was watching the narrator at the museum and thought the narrator was pretty.
(d) The narrator is his favorite son.

3. What predominant positive feeling does the narrator think to himself once he gets off the bus in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?
(a) "There was no one to explain any of this to me" (113).
(b) "I am done pretending" (114).
(c) "My brothers will lose themselves tonight" (114).
(d) "And I was made" (115).

4. Overall, how do the brothers prove they are "tough guys" (68) when they arrive at the park in Chapter 13, DUCKS?
(a) By throwing rocks at the ducks.
(b) By "taking nothing but dares and putdowns" (68).
(c) By holding each other "hostage in the air" (68).
(d) By ganging up on each other.

5. During the narrator's fight with Joel and Manny toward the end of the novel, what does Manny want the narrator to do?
(a) Go back to the loading dock.
(b) Walk home alone.
(c) Admit that the narrator is fucked up.
(d) Fight him.

6. At the start of Chapter 14, TRENCH, what does Manny smear under the brothers' eyes, because they are wearing camouflage clothing?
(a) Mud.
(b) Black shoe polish.
(c) Ma's red lipstick.
(d) Ma's black eyeliner.

7. What simile is used on Page 75 to describe the brothers leaning out the window watching Paps?
(a) "We pushed open the upstairs window and leaned out..." (75).
(b) "We would have appeared to him like a three-torsoed beast" (75).
(c) "Someone had died, someone in the army" (75).
(d) "Still in our underwear, our skin one shade of deep summer brown..." (75).

8. What does Manny scream at while Paps is beating him for going to the field in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?
(a) "Murderer!"
(b) "Thief!"
(c) "I hate you!"
(d) "You're no father!"

9. The last line of the narrator's final thoughts are, "Upright, upright, I say, I slur, I vow" (125). How may this line be interpreted?
(a) The narrator needing to fight agains the psychiatric ward, get healthy, and finally lead a normal life.
(b) The narrator attempting to sit up in bed, and then mumbling about his struggle.
(c) The narrator has given up, cannot even speak anymore, and does not know where he is at.
(d) The narrator trying to battle agains his circumstances, but it is difficult when he is under the influence of medications that make him slur.

10. What does Manny walk toward after seeing the headbanger in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP THIS?
(a) Home.
(b) A log.
(c) The woods.
(d) The headbanger.

11. What does the narrator confess he is scared of after Manny talks about the supernatural?
(a) Night, girls, and spells.
(b) Deep holes, Paps, and God.
(c) The dark, magic, and poison.
(d) Lightening, his older brothers' behavior, and psychics.

12. Why is Paps going to Niagara Falls in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?
(a) Paps wants to see the beautiful scenery of Niagara Falls.
(b) To fly a package.
(c) To drive a package.
(d) Looking for a job.

13. What particular name does Paps use with the narrator before the narrator leaves for the psychiatric ward?
(a) My Beautiful Baby Boy.
(b) My Pretty One.
(c) Mijo.
(d) The Lost One.

14. What do the brothers use to make kites in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?
(a) Twine and plastic bags.
(b) Twine and old sheets.
(c) Paper and string.
(d) Plastic bags and floss.

15. In Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE (subsection, "MIDNIGHT"), where does Joel believe the empty alcohol bottle touches down?
(a) In a raccoon's mouth.
(b) On a squirrel in a tree.
(c) On a parked car.
(d) It shatters against a tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are there no children at the park according to the narrator when they arrive in Chapter 13, DUCKS?

2. How many miles does the narrator walk to get to the bus station in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?

3. In Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE, subsection: "MIDNIGHT," what does the narrator share with the reader about Paps and Ma?

4. What is the narrator sick of doing after leaving the dumpster in Chapter 18, THE NIGHT I WAS MADE?

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

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