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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 Ma will not let them take the raincoats off.
(c) Because there are leaks all over the house, and they may get wet.
(d) Because they are smashing tomatoes in the kitchen and the guts will ruin their clothes.

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

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of Chapter 6, US PROPER, what do the three brothers create by stacking up on one another's shoulders?

2. What do the brothers give the pregnant woman outside the drugstore?

3. At the start of the narrative, what age does the narrator turn?

4. Why is Chapter 6 called US PROPER?

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

(see the answer key)

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