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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what room of the most popular drinking-club in the district does middle sister encounter Somebody McSomebody?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The men's room.
(c) The lounge.
(d) The ladies' room.

2. How many people in the group of seven men confronting maybe-boyfriend are wearing balaclavas?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

3. When middle sister thinks about her discussion with a particular character in the bar, she tells the reader that to her surprise, the topic of the discussion had actually been what?
(a) First brother-in-law's status as a sexual predator.
(b) Middle sister's status as a beyond-the-pale.
(c) Milkman.
(d) The rearing of wee sisters.

4. Who accuses maybe-boyfriend of being the milkman when he makes an attempt to contact middle sister during her recuperation period?
(a) Wee sisters.
(b) Da.
(c) Eldest sister.
(d) Ma.

5. What word does ma use to describe real milkman's condition?
(a) Critical.
(b) Good.
(c) Stable.
(d) Dire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who threatens tablets girl's family that they will kill her if she does not stop using poison, just after she has nearly killed her own family member?

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

3. How many miles does middle sister's running partner at first suggest they run near the end of the novel?

4. While walking through the ten-minute area on her way back from French class, middle sister finds the head of what kind of animal?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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