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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What name is used throughout the novel to refer to maybe-boyfriend's best friend?
(a) Longest friend.
(b) Chef.
(c) Crash.
(d) Bobbie.

3. What sound does middle sister accuse third brother-in-law of ignoring?
(a) The sound of an explosion.
(b) The sound of a camera.
(c) The sound of a gunshot.
(d) The sound of a woman's scream.

4. How many sunsets must French teacher's students write about for homework after their discussion?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

5. The final sentence of Chapter 2 asserts that which of middle sister's tactics meant to ward off the milkman has worked?
(a) Beginning to run with a partner instead of alone.
(b) Asking maybe-boyfriend to have a word with the milkman.
(c) Asking ma to have a word with the milkman.
(d) Remaining silent during the milkman's advances.

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

7. The only person in middle sister's neighborhood who is widely regarded as a shiny person is the sister of which character?
(a) Maybe-boyfriend.
(b) Nuclear boy.
(c) Somebody McSomebody.
(d) Tablets girl.

8. Middle sister says that "those rare, baffling, radiant type of people" (88) referred to as shiny throughout the text had first been brought to her attention by a viewing of which Hitchcock film?
(a) Rear Window.
(b) Rope.
(c) Stranger on a Train.
(d) Psycho.

9. How old were middle sister and Somebody McSomebody when he first made a romantic move, which middle sister then promptly rejected because she was not attracted to him?
(a) 14.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 15.

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

11. While walking through the ten-minute area on her way back from French class, middle sister finds the head of what kind of animal?
(a) A rat.
(b) A dog.
(c) A fox.
(d) A cat.

12. How old is first brother-in-law when he marries eldest sister?
(a) 30.
(b) 23.
(c) 35.
(d) 46.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the departure of maybe-boyfriend's parents, the son had "never heard from their parents again, except" (31) through what medium?

2. Middle sister notes that French teacher has "an unnerving amount of" (69) what?

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

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

5. For about how long have middle sister and maybe-boyfriend been together at the period of time focused on in the narrative?

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