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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, THE LAKE - Chapter 8, OTHER LOCUSTS.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What metaphor does the narrator use at the end of Page 27 about the pregnant woman's response to the brothers?
(a) She is "half gruff, half troll."
(b) She is "drinking us [the brothers] in."
(c) She is "concrete and howled."
(d) She is "curious, rubbing her palms slowly."

2. After reading Chapter 1, WE WANTED MORE, what point of view is the novel being told from?
(a) First person point of view.
(b) Third person point of view.
(c) Second person point of view.
(d) Third person omniscient point of view.

3. What do the brothers give the pregnant woman outside the drugstore?
(a) Change for her baby.
(b) Money for rent.
(c) Milk for her baby.
(d) An adult magazine.

4. In the opening of Chapter 2, NEVER-NEVER TIME, why are the brothers wearing raincoats?
(a) Because they are smashing tomatoes in the kitchen and the guts will ruin their clothes.
(b) Because Ma will not let them take the raincoats off.
(c) Because they spray water on each other as a game.
(d) Because there are leaks all over the house, and they may get wet.

5. What meal does Old Man prepare for the brothers?
(a) Stew with mutton meat.
(b) Salad with vegetables from the garden.
(c) Soup with vegetables from the garden.
(d) Vegetables and chicken.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of the novel, how many boys, also brothers, are introduced?

2. What does the narrator believe Paps is really doing when he punishes his sons?

3. Why do the brothers have to be quiet in the mornings?

4. What is one nickname that the narrator and his two brothers call themselves?

5. How does the reader know how Old Man feels about the brothers?

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