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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does ma use to describe real milkman's condition?
(a) Dire.
(b) Good.
(c) Stable.
(d) Critical.

2. What is the title of the play from which middle sister reads to wee sisters while their mother is at the hospital?
(a) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
(b) Equus.
(c) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
(d) The Glass Menagerie.

3. What kinds of abandoned buildings occupy the location called "the ten-minute area" (81)?
(a) Churches.
(b) Libraries.
(c) Banks.
(d) Homes.

4. Middle sister says that the milkman's communication with her nearly always consists of what?
(a) Jokes.
(b) Compliments.
(c) Admonishments.
(d) Questions.

5. How does middle sister feel about the neighbors' comments to ma that she cannot take middle sister to the hospital?
(a) She expresses no opinion to the reader.
(b) She agrees.
(c) She disagrees.
(d) She is unconscious at the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Middle sister is shocked to hear from which character that she has been deemed a "beyond-the pale" (192) within the community?

2. Middle sister notes that French teacher has "an unnerving amount of" (69) what?

3. Middle sister says that every other student in the class is different from her in what way?

4. How old is tablets girl, according to middle sister?

5. Middle sister believes that the milkman's threats in relation to maybe-boyfriend have to do with maybe-boyfriend's procurement of what object?

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