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

2. What is the weather like when the narrator's family goes to the lake?
(a) The air is cold and crisp.
(b) There is a nice warm breeze.
(c) It is rainy.
(d) There is a heat wave.

3. Why is Chapter 6 called US PROPER?
(a) Because the pregnant woman asks the brothers if they know how to be proper.
(b) Because Ma asks the brothers to be proper and stop playing games.
(c) Because Paps spanks the brothers and tells them to behave properly.
(d) Because the drugstore clerk asks the brothers to behave properly.

4. How does Ma describe carrying Manny in her "stomach" (26)?
(a) Ma says that it "rained down silver jingles" (27).
(b) Ma says that Manny was "growing, heart ticking like a time bomb" (26).
(c) Ma says that Manny was "mixed up" (26).
(d) Ma says that Manny's, "eyes were wet, black-holey - no fear there, no disgust, no pity" (27).

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Old Man compare the brothers to locusts?

2. What does the word "rappel" most likely mean on Page 25?

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

4. How does Old Man tell the brothers to cure their "skeet bites" (35)?

5. Why are grocery stores and banks closed when Ma takes her sons to run errands?

(see the answer key)

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