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

2. What explanation does Paps say to his sons about Ma's swollen purple cheeks?
(a) Ma got into a fight at work with Lina, her co-worker.
(b) Ma fell down the stairs when she was drunk.
(c) Ma was punched in the face by the dentist to loosen her teeth before pulling them.
(d) Ma was in a bad car accident and hit her face on the steering wheel.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does the narrator use to tell the reader the size of the fish in the lake as mentioned on Page 19?

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

3. When the boys' father, Paps, comes home, how does he punish his sons?

4. After reading Chapter 1, WE WANTED MORE, what point of view is the novel being told from?

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

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