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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of weapon does the milkman mention in a veiled threat aimed at maybe-boyfriend?
(a) A car bomb.
(b) A machine gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) A pistol.

2. Which character has been making lewd remarks to middle sister since the day he met her?
(a) The milkman.
(b) First brother-in-law.
(c) Thingy.
(d) Third brother-in-law.

3. Middle sister describes a night when all "but two" (94) of which animals in her neighborhood had been slaughtered by soldiers?
(a) Hogs.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cats.
(d) Chickens.

4. What malady does middle sister admit to having in Chapter 3?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Lupus.
(c) Hepatitis.
(d) Depression.

5. Which character is middle sister's favorite running partner?
(a) Maybe-boyfriend.
(b) First brother-in-law.
(c) Third brother-in-law.
(d) Thingy.

6. Which character asks middle sister to go along on a sunset-viewing expedition?
(a) Maybe-boyfriend.
(b) Third brother-in-law.
(c) Ma.
(d) Eldest sister.

7. Middle sister believes that the milkman's threats in relation to maybe-boyfriend have to do with maybe-boyfriend's procurement of what object?
(a) A car part.
(b) A pram.
(c) A stick of butter.
(d) A coffee pot.

8. Third brother-in-law surprises middle sister when he chides her about which of her actions?
(a) Reading while walking.
(b) Cooking while cleaning.
(c) Reading while running.
(d) Dating while finishing school.

9. Middle sister becomes worried that maybe-boyfriend is "refusing to fit in" (74) in what sort of way?
(a) Male.
(b) Religious.
(c) Intangible.
(d) Unconscious.

10. After the departure of maybe-boyfriend's parents, the son had "never heard from their parents again, except" (31) through what medium?
(a) Radio.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Film.
(d) Television.

11. What kinds of abandoned buildings occupy the location called "the ten-minute area" (81)?
(a) Banks.
(b) Libraries.
(c) Churches.
(d) Homes.

12. What is the only event that ever causes maybe-boyfriend to become angry and combative?
(a) When others talk about politics.
(b) When others talk about his absent parents.
(c) When others bully his best friend.
(d) When others spread rumors about neighborhood women.

13. What entity or object is said to take a picture of middle sister near the top reservoir one day during a run?
(a) A man.
(b) A tree.
(c) A woman.
(d) A camera.

14. Which of French teacher's actions continually perplexes her students?
(a) Her tendency to laugh.
(b) Her tendency to fall asleep.
(c) Her tendency to sigh.
(d) Her tendency to shout.

15. With whom does middle sister nearly collide when she stands up in the ten-minute area after picking up the head of an animal?
(a) First brother-in-law.
(b) Real milkman.
(c) The milkman.
(d) Maybe-boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what sort of addiction does third brother-in-law suffer, according to middle sister?

2. What action does middle sister take when she hears the milkman make a veiled threat against maybe-boyfriend?

3. Middle sister says that ma has been tormenting her about her lack of a husband since which one of her birthdays?

4. At the time of the mass-slaughter of neighborhood animals by soldiers, middle sister and which other character had been the youngest children in their family?

5. What phrase does third brother-in-law use in response to middle sister's question about the sound she hears during their run?

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