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

2. What does the pregnant woman tell the brothers about babies outside the drugstore?
(a) All babies have daddies.
(b) The brothers need to get away from her.
(c) All babies are Christian.
(d) She needs money for diapers.

3. Where has Ma seen the "most water she ever saw in one place" (19)?
(a) In Brooklyn after it rained and puddles gathered on the sides of the street.
(b) In California in giant public swimming pools, where she swam in the summer.
(c) In Brooklyn when men opened a johnny pump and water rushed forth.
(d) In upstate New York after the snow melted.

4. At the start of the narrative, what age does the narrator turn?
(a) 14.
(b) The narrator does not have a birthday.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

5. According Chapter 5, THE LAKE, who is the only one in the family allowed to say he/she is scared?
(a) Manny.
(b) Ma.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Joel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state do Ma and Paps travel to to get married?

2. What role does the narrator play in the "magic of God" (25)?

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

4. What does Old Man call the brothers as they eat the vegetables from his garden?

5. Why does Lina, Ma's co-worker, come to the narrator's house?

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