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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What title do maybe-boyfriend's parents sign at the bottom of the note they send to their boys?
(a) Parents.
(b) Dancers.
(c) Reprobates.
(d) Dreamers.

3. Which literary character does middle sister allude to when describing "armchair supporters" (112) of renouncers?
(a) Anna Karenina.
(b) Walter Mitty.
(c) Candide.
(d) Holden Caulfield.

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

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

6. 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.

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

8. What is NOT one of middle sister's objections to the idea of living with maybe-boyfriend when he suggests it?
(a) The possibility of harming their relationship.
(b) The need to be at home for her younger sisters.
(c) The size of the hoard at maybe-boyfriend's house.
(d) The damage that would be done to her reputation.

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

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

11. French teacher tells her students that their "temporary unhingement" (76) as a result of the discussion is a sign of what?
(a) Oppression.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Indoctrination.
(d) Progress.

12. 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.

13. About whom is middle sister thinking when she distractedly agrees to her running partner's initial suggestion about how many miles they should run?
(a) Da.
(b) The milkman.
(c) Ma.
(d) Thingy.

14. What action does middle sister take when she hears the milkman make a veiled threat against maybe-boyfriend?
(a) She sobs.
(b) She collapses.
(c) She jumps.
(d) She moans.

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) The milkman.
(c) Maybe-boyfriend.
(d) Real milkman.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What objects does middle sister use to wrap the head of the animal she finds in the ten-minute area?

4. What is middle sister's intention when she picks up the head of the animal in the ten-minute area?

5. Middle sister says that everyone in her neighborhood, renouncers or not, waits at least how many minutes before venturing outside once they hear the dogs start to bark?

(see the answer keys)

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