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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the literary passage French teacher reads to the class in French?
(a) The color of the sky.
(b) The distance of the stars.
(c) The nature of the universe.
(d) The definition of linear time.

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

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

4. In what activity does middle sister never engage while running?
(a) Taking a break.
(b) Using scissors.
(c) Reading.
(d) Eating.

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

6. 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) Stranger on a Train.
(b) Rope.
(c) Psycho.
(d) Rear Window.

7. When middle sister believes that the milkman has followed her to her college class, she feels like a fool for believing that which tactic had worked?
(a) Telling ma about his activities.
(b) Running with third brother-in-law.
(c) Remaining at home whenever possible.
(d) Reporting his activities to the police.

8. What make is the car from which maybe-boyfriend gleans a car part bearing the image of a flag?
(a) Bentley.
(b) Volvo.
(c) Peugeot.
(d) Saab.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many miles does middle sister right away agree to run, in the process shocking her running partner?

3. Middle sister states in Chapter 2 that she feels what emotion toward third brother-in-law?

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

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