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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 "drinking us [the brothers] in."
(b) She is "curious, rubbing her palms slowly."
(c) She is "half gruff, half troll."
(d) She is "concrete and howled."

2. Where is Lina from?
(a) New York.
(b) China.
(c) The drugstore.
(d) The paper mill.

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

4. What state do Ma and Paps travel to to get married?
(a) New York.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Texas.
(d) California.

5. Who in the family does not know how to swim when they go to the lake?
(a) Manny and the narrator.
(b) Ma and Manny.
(c) Joel.
(d) Ma and the narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ma break after seeing her face all bruised and swollen in the mirror?

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

3. What does Lina bring with her to the narrator's house?

4. How does Ma describe the difference between loving younger sons to older ones?

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

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