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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people in the group of seven men confronting maybe-boyfriend at his house are carrying guns?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. What type of incident had recently reduced the number of buildings in the "ten-minute area" (81) to two?
(a) A bombing.
(b) A wrecking crew's arrival.
(c) A flood.
(d) An act of arson.

3. What does middle sister do in Chapter 6 when a former couple sees each other for the first time in ages?
(a) She walks home.
(b) She sits down nearby.
(c) She watches.
(d) She turns her back.

4. Middle sister is shocked to hear from which character that she has been deemed a "beyond-the pale" (192) within the community?
(a) Longest friend.
(b) Eldest sister.
(c) Third brother-in-law.
(d) First brother-in-law.

5. Middle sister says that ma has been tormenting her about her lack of a husband since which one of her birthdays?
(a) Her 17th.
(b) Her 16th.
(c) Her 18th.
(d) Her 19th.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is declared by the issues women to be the only man in the area who understands and supports their positions?

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

3. In Chapter 7, the little girls in the neighborhood begin to emulate the parents of which character as they dance around with one another?

4. How many hours after she goes to bed does middle sister wake up with "unbelievable stomach pains" (214) as described at the start of Chapter 5?

5. Middle sister finally reveals that she had been how old at the time of the mass-slaughter of animals in her neighborhood?

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