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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. Who carries tablets girl's sister to his car with the intention of taking her to the hospital?
(a) Da.
(b) Maybe-boyfriend.
(c) First brother-in-law.
(d) Third brother.

2. What is Semtex?
(a) A brand of tissues.
(b) An explosive agent.
(c) A holiday.
(d) A museum.

3. Middle sister notes that French teacher has "an unnerving amount of" (69) what?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Brilliance.
(c) Humor.
(d) Nerve.

4. From what country is the flag adorning the car part awarded to maybe-boyfriend?
(a) England.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Wales.

5. How many other people in the community had already been declared beyond-the-pales when middle sister suffers the same fate?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what activity does middle sister never engage while running?

2. What type of weapon does the milkman mention in a veiled threat aimed at maybe-boyfriend?

3. How old was maybe-boyfriend when his parents left home to pursue full-time their ballroom-dancing careers?

4. Middle sister protests inwardly when longest friend tells middle sister that she has fallen into what "zone" (208)?

5. 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?

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