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

2. Who is Paps listening to the radio when the boys come home after school in Chapter 3, THE HERITAGE (8)?
(a) Tito Puente.
(b) Hector Puente.
(c) An old band the boys have never heard before.
(d) Maria Constatine.

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

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

5. What explanation does Paps say to his sons about Ma's swollen purple cheeks?
(a) Ma got into a fight at work with Lina, her co-worker.
(b) Ma was punched in the face by the dentist to loosen her teeth before pulling them.
(c) Ma was in a bad car accident and hit her face on the steering wheel.
(d) Ma fell down the stairs when she was drunk.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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