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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The character middle sister sees after the dogs eat the chips is afflicted with which malady or disability?
(a) The effects of polio.
(b) Blindness.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Dementia.

2. Middle sister is shocked to hear from which character that she has been deemed a "beyond-the pale" (192) within the community?
(a) Third brother-in-law.
(b) Longest friend.
(c) Eldest sister.
(d) First brother-in-law.

3. How does middle sister escape unharmed from Somebody McSomebody's grasp at the drinking-club?
(a) The police come and arrest Somebody McSomebody.
(b) Somebody McSomebody runs away.
(c) She pretends to be ill.
(d) A group of women attack Somebody McSomebody.

4. With whom does middle sister nearly collide when she stands up in the ten-minute area after picking up the head of an animal?
(a) First brother-in-law.
(b) The milkman.
(c) Maybe-boyfriend.
(d) Real milkman.

5. In the first letter Somebody McSomebody sent to middle sister, he threatened to take what action in her "front garden" (307)?
(a) Murder her.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Kiss her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many miles does middle sister right away agree to run, in the process shocking her running partner?

3. Before middle sister's first encounter with the milkman, how many letters had Somebody McSomebody sent to middle sister's home?

4. Which element of speech had inspired suspicion in middle sister's mind long before the appearance of the milkman in her life?

5. Which character asks middle sister to go along on a sunset-viewing expedition?

(see the answer key)

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