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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does the truth leech into the untrue rumors circulating about middle sister?
(a) Some people tell ma that the milkman is six years older than middle sister.
(b) Some people tell ma that the milkman is an auto mechanic.
(c) Some people tell ma that the milkman is two years older than middle sister.
(d) Some people tell ma that the milkman has an eccentric best friend.

2. Middle sister describes a night when all "but two" (94) of which animals in her neighborhood had been slaughtered by soldiers?
(a) Cats.
(b) Hogs.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Chickens.

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?
(a) Her calves.
(b) Her toes.
(c) Her coccyx.
(d) Her scalp.

4. Which character is middle sister's favorite running partner?
(a) Third brother-in-law.
(b) Maybe-boyfriend.
(c) First brother-in-law.
(d) Thingy.

5. How old were middle sister and Somebody McSomebody when he first made a romantic move, which middle sister then promptly rejected because she was not attracted to him?
(a) 14.
(b) 19.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is first brother-in-law when he marries eldest sister?

2. What is middle sister's intention when she picks up the head of the animal in the ten-minute area?

3. What type of incident had recently reduced the number of buildings in the "ten-minute area" (81) to two?

4. Which character does middle sister consider to be an "armchair supporter" (112) of renouncers, rather than an actual renouncer?

5. In the novel's opening, how old is middle sister, the protagonist of the text?

(see the answer key)

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