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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Middle sister is shocked to find herself labeled in the same way as which other character?
(a) Real milkman.
(b) The milkman.
(c) Tablets girl.
(d) Tablets girl's sister.

2. From what century is the work of literature from which middle sister reads to wee sisters after their mother's departure?
(a) The 18th.
(b) The 16th.
(c) The 20th.
(d) The 19th.

3. In Chapter 7, what object in the front garden do the friends of third sister describe as "sinister" (337)?
(a) A statue.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A hedge.

4. In Chapter 7, the little girls in the neighborhood begin to emulate the parents of which character as they dance around with one another?
(a) Real milkman's.
(b) Jason-of-the-Names's.
(c) Maybe-boyfriend's.
(d) Da's.

5. In what room of the most popular drinking-club in the district does middle sister encounter Somebody McSomebody?
(a) The ladies' room.
(b) The men's room.
(c) The lounge.
(d) The kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what object do middle sister and her running partner jump as they head out for their run at the end of the book?

2. What word does middle sister use to indicate how she feels after confiding in longest friend?

3. What type of weapon does the milkman continually mention when threatening to take maybe-boyfriend's life?

4. On which day of the week had tablets girl always poisoned people, prior to her more frequent poisonings?

5. Middle sister says that ma has been tormenting her about her lack of a husband since which one of her birthdays?

(see the answer key)

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