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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) "Descend."
(b) "Ascend."
(c) "Assimilate."
(d) "Rise."

2. What does Ma ask her sons to squirt on her face when they run out of the original ingredient(s)?
(a) Chocolate milk.
(b) Maple syrup.
(c) Water and salt.
(d) Ketchup.

3. After reading Chapter 1, WE WANTED MORE, what point of view is the novel being told from?
(a) Second person point of view.
(b) First person point of view.
(c) Third person point of view.
(d) Third person omniscient point of view.

4. What does Old Man call the brothers as they eat the vegetables from his garden?
(a) Burglars and orphans.
(b) Animals and locusts.
(c) Stupid and poor.
(d) Animals and orphans.

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 14 years old, and Joel is 12 years old.
(c) Manny is 10 years old, and Joel is 8 years old.
(d) Manny is 9 years old, and Joel is 8 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it unusual that Paps knows how to swim?

2. What does Manny say about Paps disappearance in Chapter 8, OTHER LOCUSTS?

3. Who is Paps listening to the radio when the boys come home after school in Chapter 3, THE HERITAGE (8)?

4. How old is Ma when she gives birth to Manny?

5. What is one nickname that the narrator and his two brothers call themselves?

(see the answer key)

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