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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 Ma break after seeing her face all bruised and swollen in the mirror?
(a) A plate against the wall.
(b) A chair over Paps' head.
(c) A clock on the cold tile floor.
(d) A brass-handled mirror.

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

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

4. Where does Ma work?
(a) A clothing store in the city.
(b) Ma does not work.
(c) As a housekeeper at a hotel.
(d) The brewery up the hill.

5. What does Manny, the narrator's eldest brother, have to get in the middle of the night from the neighbor's for a birthday?
(a) A glass dish.
(b) A stick of butter.
(c) A cup of sugar.
(d) Frosting and candles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the Chapter 2 called, NEVER-NEVER TIME?

3. When the boys' father, Paps, comes home, how does he punish his sons?

4. What tool do the boys use to smash the tomatoes?

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

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