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

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

3. Why does Lina, Ma's co-worker, come to the narrator's house?
(a) To tell Ma she has been fired.
(b) Ma has not been showing up to work.
(c) To babysit the boys.
(d) To tell Paps to stop beating Ma.

4. What does Paps do to try and convey to his sons their heritage?
(a) Paps shows his sons pictures of his childhood.
(b) Paps plays British music.
(c) Paps dances in a Puerto Rican style.
(d) Paps takes his sons to meet their grandparents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does the narrator use to tell the reader the size of the fish in the lake as mentioned on Page 19?

2. What does Ma ask her sons to squirt on her face when they run out of the original ingredient(s)?

3. What do the brothers give the pregnant woman outside the drugstore?

4. What does Old Man call the brothers as they eat the vegetables from his garden?

5. What does the last line in the Quote before the Title Page say about how boys should be treated?

(see the answer key)

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