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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Middle sister says that "those rare, baffling, radiant type of people" (88) referred to as shiny throughout the text had first been brought to her attention by a viewing of which Hitchcock film?
(a) Rope.
(b) Stranger on a Train.
(c) Psycho.
(d) Rear Window.

2. What action does middle sister take when she hears the milkman make a veiled threat against maybe-boyfriend?
(a) She moans.
(b) She jumps.
(c) She sobs.
(d) She collapses.

3. Middle sister becomes worried that maybe-boyfriend is "refusing to fit in" (74) in what sort of way?
(a) Unconscious.
(b) Male.
(c) Intangible.
(d) Religious.

4. What color van does the milkman drive when he is not driving one of his sports cars?
(a) Gray.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

5. People who act outside of the societal norm are referred to as what?
(a) Beyond-the-pales.
(b) By-the-books.
(c) Off-the-cuffs.
(d) Outta-their-trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what activity does middle sister never engage while running?

2. What kinds of abandoned buildings occupy the location called "the ten-minute area" (81)?

3. When middle sister believes that the milkman has shown up outside of her college, she feels a "strange bodily sensation" (78) in which part of her body?

4. Which character has been making lewd remarks to middle sister since the day he met her?

5. Middle sister says that the milkman's communication with her nearly always consists of what?

(see the answer key)

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