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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 believes that the milkman's threats in relation to maybe-boyfriend have to do with maybe-boyfriend's procurement of what object?
(a) A pram.
(b) A stick of butter.
(c) A car part.
(d) A coffee pot.

2. At the time of the mass-slaughter of neighborhood animals by soldiers, middle sister and which other character had been the youngest children in their family?
(a) Eldest sister.
(b) Third brother.
(c) Third sister.
(d) Second sister.

3. What type of establishment is the location referred to by the community as "the usual place" (169)?
(a) A graveyard.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A bar.
(d) A library.

4. What objects does middle sister throw onto the ground after she leaves the place where she has just had a contentious encounter with the community?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Chips.
(c) Rosaries.
(d) Magazines.

5. What is the only event that ever causes maybe-boyfriend to become angry and combative?
(a) When others talk about politics.
(b) When others spread rumors about neighborhood women.
(c) When others bully his best friend.
(d) When others talk about his absent parents.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Middle sister becomes worried that maybe-boyfriend is "refusing to fit in" (74) in what sort of way?

3. How many people in the group of seven men confronting maybe-boyfriend are wearing balaclavas?

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?

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

(see the answer key)

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