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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Quote and Chapters 1, WE WANTED MORE - Chapter 4, SEVEN.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the last line in the Quote before the Title Page say about how boys should be treated?
(a) Boys are smart and wild.
(b) Boys need to be punished when they disobey.
(c) Boys are wild beasts and hard to manage.
(d) Boys should be bonded with many chains.

2. What does Ma ask her sons to squirt on her face when they run out of the original ingredient(s)?
(a) Ketchup.
(b) Maple syrup.
(c) Water and salt.
(d) Chocolate milk.

3. What tool do the boys use to smash the tomatoes?
(a) A mallet.
(b) A big rock.
(c) A stick.
(d) A hammer.

4. Why does Manny crawl into bed with his brother at the beginning of the story?
(a) Manny wants body heat.
(b) Manny wants to tell them a story.
(c) Manny is afraid of the dark.
(d) Manny does not have his own bed.

5. What do the brothers do with the baby robins that they find in the woods?
(a) Pull off the baby robins' heads.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Throw them into shoeboxes.
(d) Pull the baby robins out of their nest, throw them in the air, and see if they can fly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does Paps say to his sons about Ma's swollen purple cheeks?

2. Why are grocery stores and banks closed when Ma takes her sons to run errands?

3. Who is Paps listening to the radio when the boys come home after school in Chapter 3, THE HERITAGE (8)?

4. In the opening of Chapter 2, NEVER-NEVER TIME, why are the brothers wearing raincoats?

5. At the start of the narrative, what age does the narrator turn?

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