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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Old Man tell the brothers to cure their "skeet bites" (35)?
(a) Spit on their bites.
(b) Cut a cross on the bites with their fingernails.
(c) Put a special lotion he has on the bites.
(d) Leave the bites alone to heal.

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

3. What does Ma compare to the boys' faces being messy in Chapter 2, NEVER-NEVER TIME?
(a) The family's sullied house.
(b) Snow falling from the sky and hitting the ground.
(c) The birth of baby robins.
(d) The way they looked when they were born.

4. What meal does Old Man prepare for the brothers?
(a) Salad with vegetables from the garden.
(b) Vegetables and chicken.
(c) Soup with vegetables from the garden.
(d) Stew with mutton meat.

5. How does Ma describe the difference between loving younger sons to older ones?
(a) Ma states that with her older sons she had to use "cooing words" (17).
(b) Ma states that with her older son she had to punish them more.
(c) Ma states that with her older sons she had to "meet taught with tough" (17).
(d) Ma states that with her older sons she no longer had to "shy away" (17).

6. How does Ma feel about the phone ringing in Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?
(a) Happy.
(b) She shows no emotion.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Scared.

7. What job does Paps finally get?
(a) At the brewery, with Ma.
(b) The gas station.
(c) An automotive shop.
(d) A security guard, the night watch.

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

9. What do Paps and Ma do in the bathroom as described on Page 48?
(a) Fight over where the brothers are hiding.
(b) Kiss and dance.
(c) Give each other massages.
(d) Have sex.

10. What promise does Paps eventually make to Ma about the truck?
(a) He will buy Ma her own car.
(b) He will sell the truck for more money.
(c) He will return the truck the next day.
(d) He will make seatbelts for the boys.

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

12. What does Manny, the narrator's eldest brother, have to get in the middle of the night from the neighbor's for a birthday?
(a) Frosting and candles.
(b) A glass dish.
(c) A cup of sugar.
(d) A stick of butter.

13. Why is Ma worried about the brothers' bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?
(a) Ma is scared that the brothers "couldn't comprehend what was..." (46) happening.
(b) Ma is worried that the brothers will catch "pneumonia" (46) from the cold water.
(c) Ma is stressed that the brothers are "sneaky," (47) and will play a trick on her.
(d) Ma is concerned about the brothers, because the brothers were "clean and fed and not afraid of growing up" (47).

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

15. What do the brothers ask strangers to buy them outside the drugstore in Chapter 5, US PROPER?
(a) Cigarettes or whiskey.
(b) Gum and cigarettes.
(c) Booze and candy.
(d) Cigarettes or beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the way home from the lake, the narrator reveals his brothers' ages. How old are they?

2. Who in the family does not know how to swim when they go to the lake?

3. What color is the family's new truck?

4. Where do the brothers hide after their bath in Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME?

5. At the start of Chapter 6, US PROPER, what do the three brothers create by stacking up on one another's shoulders?

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