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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. What metaphor does the narrator use at the end of Page 27 about the pregnant woman's response to the brothers?
(a) She is "drinking us [the brothers] in."
(b) She is "curious, rubbing her palms slowly."
(c) She is "concrete and howled."
(d) She is "half gruff, half troll."

2. 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 fell down the stairs when she was drunk.
(c) Ma was in a bad car accident and hit her face on the steering wheel.
(d) Ma was punched in the face by the dentist to loosen her teeth before pulling them.

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

4. How old is Ma when she gives birth to Manny?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

5. On the way home from the lake, the narrator reveals his brothers' ages. How old are they?
(a) Manny is 9 years old, and Joel is 7 years old.
(b) Manny is 10 years old, and Joel is 8 years old.
(c) Manny is 9 years old, and Joel is 8 years old.
(d) Manny is 14 years old, and Joel is 12 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ma compare to the boys' faces being messy in Chapter 2, NEVER-NEVER TIME?

2. What simile is used to compare Paps' shouting on Page 23?

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

4. Where has Ma seen the "most water she ever saw in one place" (19)?

5. Where is Lina from?

(see the answer key)

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