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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Quote and Chapters 1, WE WANTED MORE - Chapter 4, SEVEN.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 was punched in the face by the dentist to loosen her teeth before pulling them.
(c) Ma fell down the stairs when she was drunk.
(d) Ma was in a bad car accident and hit her face on the steering wheel.

2. What does Paps do to try and convey to his sons their heritage?
(a) Paps plays British music.
(b) Paps takes his sons to meet their grandparents.
(c) Paps dances in a Puerto Rican style.
(d) Paps shows his sons pictures of his childhood.

3. Why do the brothers have to be quiet in the mornings?
(a) Because Paps is asleep.
(b) Because they have a new baby brother who is asleep.
(c) Because Ma is asleep.
(d) Because the neighbors downstairs get angry if they hear noise.

4. Who is Paps listening to the radio when the boys come home after school in Chapter 3, THE HERITAGE (8)?
(a) Maria Constatine.
(b) Hector Puente.
(c) Tito Puente.
(d) An old band the boys have never heard before.

5. Where does Ma work?
(a) A clothing store in the city.
(b) As a housekeeper at a hotel.
(c) Ma does not work.
(d) The brewery up the hill.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the brothers do with the baby robins that they find in the woods?

3. What does Ma break after seeing her face all bruised and swollen in the mirror?

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

5. What does the last line in the Quote before the Title Page say about how boys should be treated?

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