View a FREE sample

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 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) Frosting and candles.
(d) A cup of sugar.

2. What does Ma compare to the boys' faces being messy in Chapter 2, NEVER-NEVER TIME?
(a) The family's sullied house.
(b) The birth of baby robins.
(c) The way they looked when they were born.
(d) Snow falling from the sky and hitting the ground.

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

4. 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 are smart and wild.
(c) Boys should be bonded with many chains.
(d) Boys are wild beasts and hard to manage.

5. At the start of the narrative, what age does the narrator turn?
(a) 8.
(b) The narrator does not have a birthday.
(c) 14.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Paps listening to the radio when the boys come home after school in Chapter 3, THE HERITAGE (8)?

3. What does Paps do to try and convey to his sons their heritage?

4. What do the brothers do with the baby robins that they find in the woods?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 385 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample