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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. Why does Manny crawl into bed with his brother at the beginning of the story?
(a) Manny wants body heat.
(b) Manny does not have his own bed.
(c) Manny wants to tell them a story.
(d) Manny is afraid of the dark.

2. At the start of the novel, how many boys, also brothers, are introduced?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

3. What does Lina call Ma after arriving at the narrator's house?
(a) Shorty.
(b) Comrade.
(c) Little One.
(d) Amiga.

4. What does Manny say about Paps disappearance in Chapter 8, OTHER LOCUSTS?
(a) Manny says that "he'd picked up with another woman" (36).
(b) Manny tells the narrator that Paps "was still broken, still dead-eyed, but not dead" (36).
(c) Manny tells the boys that Paps "yelled that one word over and over, stop, stop, stop" (37).
(d) Manny tells the boys that Paps "don't know shit" (37).

5. Where does Ma work?
(a) Ma does not work.
(b) The brewery up the hill.
(c) As a housekeeper at a hotel.
(d) A clothing store in the city.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What explanation does Paps say to his sons about Ma's swollen purple cheeks?

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

5. Why is Chapter 6 called US PROPER?

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