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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What activity does middle sister assert in Chapter 2 that she will never give up?
(a) Reading while walking.
(b) Teaching wee sisters how to hide their emotions.
(c) Running while reading.
(d) Believing that da had loved his family.

2. In what way does the truth leech into the untrue rumors circulating about middle sister?
(a) Some people tell ma that the milkman is two years older than middle sister.
(b) Some people tell ma that the milkman is six years older than middle sister.
(c) Some people tell ma that the milkman is an auto mechanic.
(d) Some people tell ma that the milkman has an eccentric best friend.

3. What color van does the milkman drive when he is not driving one of his sports cars?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Gray.
(d) Black.

4. Middle sister states that in her district, renouncers-of-the-state are viewed as what?
(a) Traitors.
(b) Rapscallions.
(c) Evildoers.
(d) Heroes.

5. 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 camera.
(c) A woman.
(d) A tree.

6. 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 stick of butter.
(b) A coffee pot.
(c) A car part.
(d) A pram.

7. Middle sister states in Chapter 2 that she feels what emotion toward third brother-in-law?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Sexual attraction.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Resentment.

8. What color van does middle sister see across the street from her college class, causing her to think that the milkman is inside?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Gray.
(d) Red.

9. People who act outside of the societal norm are referred to as what?
(a) Off-the-cuffs.
(b) By-the-books.
(c) Beyond-the-pales.
(d) Outta-their-trees.

10. To what location had da really been traveling during his lengthy periods away from the family?
(a) A mental hospital.
(b) A orthopedic surgeon.
(c) A dentist.
(d) A brothel.

11. How many years older than the protagonist is maybe-boyfriend?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

12. What is middle sister's intention when she picks up the head of the animal in the ten-minute area?
(a) To show it to maybe-boyfriend.
(b) To use it to cast a spell.
(c) To bury it somewhere green.
(d) To use it for a photography project.

13. How many little girls comprise the group referred to as "wee sisters" (84)?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

14. Middle sister finally reveals that she had been how old at the time of the mass-slaughter of animals in her neighborhood?
(a) 14.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

15. In what activity does middle sister like to engage while she is walking?
(a) Listening to music.
(b) Singing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Eating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What make is the car from which maybe-boyfriend gleans a car part bearing the image of a flag?

2. What kinds of abandoned buildings occupy the location called "the ten-minute area" (81)?

3. What type of incident had recently reduced the number of buildings in the "ten-minute area" (81) to two?

4. Middle sister says that the milkman's communication with her nearly always consists of what?

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

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