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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. According to Ma, in Chapter 4, SEVEN, who "studies God"(13)?
(a) Nuns.
(b) Monks.
(c) Priests.
(d) Good boys.

2. Why are grocery stores and banks closed when Ma takes her sons to run errands?
(a) Because it is a holiday.
(b) Because they closed down before the family arrives.
(c) because it is Sunday.
(d) Because it is the middle of the night.

3. When the boys' father, Paps, comes home, how does he punish his sons?
(a) Paps spanks his sons.
(b) Paps yells at his sons for hours.
(c) Paps makes the sons mow the lawn.
(d) Paps does not speak to his sons.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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