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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 word "rappel" most likely mean on Page 25?
(a) "Ascend."
(b) "Assimilate."
(c) "Descend."
(d) "Rise."

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

3. Where is Lina from?
(a) The drugstore.
(b) The paper mill.
(c) New York.
(d) China.

4. What simile is used to compare Paps' shouting on Page 23?
(a) Paps' shouting is compared to a bobbing mass.
(b) Paps' shouting is compared to black-green murkiness.
(c) Paps' shouting is compared to a marvel of his creation.
(d) Paps' shouting is compared to a mad scientist.

5. What object does the narrator use to tell the reader the size of the fish in the lake as mentioned on Page 19?
(a) Crescents.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Clumps.
(d) Leaves.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the reader know how Old Man feels about the brothers?

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