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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the brothers find in the crawlspace at the end of Chapter 9, TALK TO ME?
(a) An old yellow phone.
(b) A gun.
(c) A box of old photos of Ma and Paps.
(d) Their old clothes and toys.

3. 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 cup of sugar.
(c) A stick of butter.
(d) A glass dish.

4. What is one nickname that the narrator and his two brothers call themselves?
(a) The Robbers.
(b) The Gentleman.
(c) The Stooges.
(d) The Monkeys.

5. At the start of Chapter 9, TALK TO ME, what does Ma cut her fingertip on?
(a) The edge of a soup can.
(b) A broken beer bottle.
(c) A metal toy.
(d) A piece of glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Paps finally get?

2. How does Ma describe the difference between loving younger sons to older ones?

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

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

5. What does Old Man call the brothers as they eat the vegetables from his garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. Having the knowledge of Ma's grueling work schedule and unstable behavior, why might the narrator say after Ma awakes confused, "It was a Sunday, but no one told Ma that" (5)?

2. What metaphorical significance can be determined by the fact that Ma and the narrator cannot swim and hang on to Paps in order to stay afloat?

3. As the brothers hid in the bathtub, Paps and Ma pretend to not know and do not immediately come to find them. What deep fears does the narrator share about this lack of attention?

4. How does the reader know that Ma was a naive teenager when it came to sex as explained in Chapter 6, US PROPER?

5. What may the Quote provided before the Title Page relate to you about a theme or important motif of the novel?

6. What kind of support does Lina provide to the narrator's family when she comes to visit?

7. How do you know that the novel is being written in first-person?

8. How do you know that the narrator and his brothers are ravenous for more life according to the first page of the novel?

9. At the start of Chapter 10, YOU BETTER COME, how does Paps show an expression of regret when he returns to the family's home?

10. How does the narrator feel when Paps and Ma discover him after the narrator nearly drowns in the lake?

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