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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 location does ma start taking care of real milkman once he checks himself out of the hospital?
(a) Maybe-boyfriend's house.
(b) Real milkman's house.
(c) Third brother-in-law's house.
(d) Ma's house.

2. When middle sister believes that the milkman has shown up outside of her college, she feels a "strange bodily sensation" (78) in which part of her body?
(a) Her toes.
(b) Her scalp.
(c) Her coccyx.
(d) Her calves.

3. In this last line of the novel, middle sister says that "for a moment, just a moment, [she] almost nearly" (348) takes what action?
(a) Dozes.
(b) Smiles.
(c) Yawns.
(d) Laughs.

4. To whom does ma call out when she needs medicine for middle sister to be fetched from the "backyard pharmacy" (225)?
(a) Eldest sister.
(b) Maybe-boyfriend.
(c) Wee sisters.
(d) Third brother-in-law.

5. For about how long have middle sister and maybe-boyfriend been together at the period of time focused on in the narrative?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what emotion is the news of milkman's death delivered to middle sister by a particular person?

2. Middle sister describes a night when all "but two" (94) of which animals in her neighborhood had been slaughtered by soldiers?

3. Which character offers to give Somebody McSomebody a beating on middle sister's behalf?

4. How many innocent people are shot to death in the process leading to the milkman's death?

5. How many little girls comprise the group referred to as "wee sisters" (84)?

(see the answer key)

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