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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, THE LAKE - Chapter 8, OTHER LOCUSTS.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the opening of Chapter 2, NEVER-NEVER TIME, why are the brothers wearing raincoats?
(a) Because they spray water on each other as a game.
(b) Because they are smashing tomatoes in the kitchen and the guts will ruin their clothes.
(c) Because Ma will not let them take the raincoats off.
(d) Because there are leaks all over the house, and they may get wet.

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

3. What does Paps do to try and convey to his sons their heritage?
(a) Paps shows his sons pictures of his childhood.
(b) Paps dances in a Puerto Rican style.
(c) Paps plays British music.
(d) Paps takes his sons to meet their grandparents.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lina bring with her to the narrator's house?

2. On the way home from the lake, the narrator reveals his brothers' ages. How old are they?

3. How does the reader know how Old Man feels about the brothers?

4. Why is Chapter 6 called US PROPER?

5. What metaphor does the narrator use at the end of Page 27 about the pregnant woman's response to the brothers?

(see the answer key)

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