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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What malady does middle sister admit to having in Chapter 3?
(a) Hepatitis.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Lupus.
(d) Depression.

2. In the novel's opening, how old is middle sister, the protagonist of the text?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 14.

3. What name is used throughout the novel to refer to maybe-boyfriend's best friend?
(a) Crash.
(b) Longest friend.
(c) Chef.
(d) Bobbie.

4. Which character does middle sister consider to be an "armchair supporter" (112) of renouncers, rather than an actual renouncer?
(a) The milkman.
(b) Somebody McSomebody.
(c) Da.
(d) First brother-in-law.

5. At the time of the mass-slaughter of neighborhood animals by soldiers, middle sister and which other character had been the youngest children in their family?
(a) Third sister.
(b) Third brother.
(c) Second sister.
(d) Eldest sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title do maybe-boyfriend's parents sign at the bottom of the note they send to their boys?

2. What type of weapon does the milkman mention in a veiled threat aimed at maybe-boyfriend?

3. What is the only event that ever causes maybe-boyfriend to become angry and combative?

4. Middle sister finally reveals that she had been how old at the time of the mass-slaughter of animals in her neighborhood?

5. A group of how many girlfriends of paramilitaries approach middle sister one night at a bar, frightening her into politeness?

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