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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the milkman at the time of the narrative's opening?
(a) Late forties.
(b) Early thirties.
(c) Early twenties.
(d) Early forties.

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

3. Which literary character does middle sister allude to when describing "armchair supporters" (112) of renouncers?
(a) Walter Mitty.
(b) Anna Karenina.
(c) Holden Caulfield.
(d) Candide.

4. Third brother-in-law surprises middle sister when he chides her about which of her actions?
(a) Reading while walking.
(b) Cooking while cleaning.
(c) Dating while finishing school.
(d) Reading while running.

5. How old was maybe-boyfriend when his parents left home to pursue full-time their ballroom-dancing careers?
(a) 19.
(b) 21.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. While walking through the ten-minute area on her way back from French class, middle sister finds the head of what kind of animal?

2. What make is the car from which maybe-boyfriend gleans a car part bearing the image of a flag?

3. What sound does middle sister accuse third brother-in-law of ignoring?

4. How many little girls comprise the group referred to as "wee sisters" (84)?

5. 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?

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