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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of incident had recently reduced the number of buildings in the "ten-minute area" (81) to two?
(a) A wrecking crew's arrival.
(b) A flood.
(c) A bombing.
(d) An act of arson.

2. What activity does middle sister assert in Chapter 2 that she will never give up?
(a) Reading while walking.
(b) Teaching wee sisters how to hide their emotions.
(c) Running while reading.
(d) Believing that da had loved his family.

3. Middle sister says that the milkman's communication with her nearly always consists of what?
(a) Jokes.
(b) Admonishments.
(c) Compliments.
(d) Questions.

4. 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 scalp.
(b) Her toes.
(c) Her calves.
(d) Her coccyx.

5. What kinds of abandoned buildings occupy the location called "the ten-minute area" (81)?
(a) Banks.
(b) Churches.
(c) Homes.
(d) Libraries.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The only person in middle sister's neighborhood who is widely regarded as a shiny person is the sister of which character?

3. What type of abandoned building is blown up by a bomb near the end of Chapter 2?

4. In what activity does middle sister like to engage while she is walking?

5. About whom is middle sister thinking when she distractedly agrees to her running partner's initial suggestion about how many miles they should run?

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