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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) Good boys.
(c) Priests.
(d) Monks.

2. What does Ma ask her sons to squirt on her face when they run out of the original ingredient(s)?
(a) Chocolate milk.
(b) Ketchup.
(c) Maple syrup.
(d) Water and salt.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator believe Paps is really doing when he punishes his sons?

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

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

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