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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. What type of abandoned building is blown up by a bomb near the end of Chapter 2?
(a) A library.
(b) A church.
(c) A butcher shop.
(d) A house.

2. How many months after the meeting between middle sister and longest friend at the drinking-club does middle sister attend longest friend's wedding?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

3. Whose death is revealed at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Maybe-boyfriend's.
(b) Eldest sister's.
(c) Longest friend's.
(d) First brother-in-law's.

4. What information does middle sister say she and maybe-boyfriend had never exchanged?
(a) Political affiliations.
(b) Phone numbers.
(c) Religious affiliations.
(d) Addresses.

5. How old is the milkman at the time of the narrative's opening?
(a) Early twenties.
(b) Early thirties.
(c) Late forties.
(d) Early forties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title do maybe-boyfriend's parents sign at the bottom of the note they send to their boys?

2. Jason-of-the-Names tells ma on the phone that real milkman is now in which location?

3. How many objections does middle sister consider when maybe-boyfriend suggests that they move in together?

4. At what time of night does the group of renouncers-of-the-state arrive at maybe-boyfriend's house to threaten him?

5. What element of middle sister's personality does longest friend demand that middle sister eradicate?

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