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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. How old was maybe-boyfriend when his parents left home to pursue full-time their ballroom-dancing careers?
(a) 21.
(b) 19.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

2. What activity does middle sister assert in Chapter 2 that she will never give up?
(a) Believing that da had loved his family.
(b) Teaching wee sisters how to hide their emotions.
(c) Running while reading.
(d) Reading while walking.

3. 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?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His chest.
(c) His ears.
(d) His hands.

4. A group of how many girlfriends of paramilitaries approach middle sister one night at a bar, frightening her into politeness?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. At what time of day does middle sister's college French class take place?
(a) Evening.
(b) Morning.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) Early afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of middle sister's objections to the idea of living with maybe-boyfriend when he suggests it?

2. What sound does middle sister accuse third brother-in-law of ignoring?

3. Longest friend reveals that which character had been the source of the original rumors about middle sister?

4. Middle sister says that everyone in her neighborhood, renouncers or not, waits at least how many minutes before venturing outside once they hear the dogs start to bark?

5. How many other people in the community had already been declared beyond-the-pales when middle sister suffers the same fate?

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