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

2. Why do the brothers have to be quiet in the mornings?
(a) Because Paps is asleep.
(b) Because Ma is asleep.
(c) Because they have a new baby brother who is asleep.
(d) Because the neighbors downstairs get angry if they hear noise.

3. How does Ma describe the difference between loving younger sons to older ones?
(a) Ma states that with her older sons she had to use "cooing words" (17).
(b) Ma states that with her older sons she no longer had to "shy away" (17).
(c) Ma states that with her older sons she had to "meet taught with tough" (17).
(d) Ma states that with her older son she had to punish them more.

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

5. What tool do the boys use to smash the tomatoes?
(a) A mallet.
(b) A big rock.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A stick.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Ma, in Chapter 4, SEVEN, who "studies God"(13)?

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

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?

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