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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many months after the meeting between middle sister and longest friend at the drinking-club does middle sister attend longest friend's wedding?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

2. Middle sister recalls joining together with which other character in order to warn wee sisters about first brother-in-law?
(a) Tablets girl.
(b) Third brother-in-law.
(c) Third sister.
(d) Real milkman.

3. On how many previous occasions had ma handed over her purse to someone else?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. What element of middle sister's personality does longest friend demand that middle sister eradicate?
(a) Her flighty affectations.
(b) Her numb affectations.
(c) Her visible and seething rage.
(d) Her sense of humor.

5. How many people in the group of seven men confronting maybe-boyfriend at his house are wearing Halloween masks?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Longest friend reveals that which character had been the source of the original rumors about middle sister?

2. For what reason do the members of middle sister's community never visit the hospital for any reason, no matter how dire the circumstances?

3. What accessory does longest friend wear with her wedding gown?

4. When ma returns from the hospital, she tells middle sister that she is in love with which character?

5. From what century is the work of literature from which middle sister reads to wee sisters after their mother's departure?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which group had reportedly failed in their attempts to save tablets girl's life prior to her demise?

2. What significant event happens in a chip shop shortly after real milkman is shot?

3. What are middle sister's expectations when she tells longest friend the truth about the milkman?

4. What change occurs in middle sister's feelings for maybe-boyfriend after the milkman begins to stalk her?

5. What is the symbolism of the "tenner" (220) in the novel?

6. What does Semtex symbolize within the novel?

7. Which character does middle sister soon encounter once she emerges from the chip shop and what reunion does she then watch?

8. Why do the renouncers-of-the-state come to middle sister's family's door in Chapter 5?

9. What three-syllable response does middle sister use in response to any question she is ever asked and why?

10. What act does middle sister see as the one that would symbolize her surrender to the milkman?

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