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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what activity does middle sister like to engage while she is walking?
(a) Eating.
(b) Listening to music.
(c) Singing.
(d) Reading.

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

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

4. How many sunsets must French teacher's students write about for homework after their discussion?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

5. What type of weapon does the milkman continually mention when threatening to take maybe-boyfriend's life?
(a) A car bomb.
(b) A lead pipe.
(c) A machete.
(d) A pistol.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For about how long have middle sister and maybe-boyfriend been together at the period of time focused on in the narrative?

3. What is the only event that ever causes maybe-boyfriend to become angry and combative?

4. What element of maybe-boyfriend's body does middle sister describe as having been "the best, the most, the absolute of lovely" (167) before the milkman ruined her perspective?

5. Third brother-in-law surprises middle sister when he chides her about which of her actions?

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