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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 Lina bring with her to the narrator's house?
(a) A message from the boss.
(b) Groceries.
(c) A pink slip from work.
(d) Money.

2. Why does Manny crawl into bed with his brother at the beginning of the story?
(a) Manny wants body heat.
(b) Manny wants to tell them a story.
(c) Manny does not have his own bed.
(d) Manny is afraid of the dark.

3. In the opening of Chapter 2, NEVER-NEVER TIME, why are the brothers wearing raincoats?
(a) Because Ma will not let them take the raincoats off.
(b) Because they spray water on each other as a game.
(c) Because they are smashing tomatoes in the kitchen and the guts will ruin their clothes.
(d) Because there are leaks all over the house, and they may get wet.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Ma, in Chapter 4, SEVEN, who "studies God"(13)?

3. What does the narrator believe Paps is really doing when he punishes his sons?

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

5. What explanation does Paps say to his sons about Ma's swollen purple cheeks?

(see the answer key)

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