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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Middle sister recalls joining together with which other character in order to warn wee sisters about first brother-in-law?
(a) Third sister.
(b) Tablets girl.
(c) Real milkman.
(d) Third brother-in-law.

2. How many hours after she goes to bed does middle sister wake up with "unbelievable stomach pains" (214) as described at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

3. After the departure of maybe-boyfriend's parents, the son had "never heard from their parents again, except" (31) through what medium?
(a) Radio.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Television.
(d) Film.

4. After dogs eat the chips middle sister has thrown onto the ground, which character does she see?
(a) Eldest sister.
(b) Tablets girl.
(c) Third brother-in-law.
(d) Tablets girl's sister.

5. How many of middle sister's initial encounters with the milkman does she for some time try to see as "accidental" (166)?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Middle sister describes a night when all "but two" (94) of which animals in her neighborhood had been slaughtered by soldiers?

4. What information does middle sister say she and maybe-boyfriend had never exchanged?

5. Into what substance does tablets girl dose her victims with poison?

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