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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After dogs eat the chips middle sister has thrown onto the ground, which character does she see?
(a) Eldest sister.
(b) Tablets girl's sister.
(c) Third brother-in-law.
(d) Tablets girl.

2. How does middle sister feel about the neighbors' comments to ma that she cannot take middle sister to the hospital?
(a) She expresses no opinion to the reader.
(b) She agrees.
(c) She is unconscious at the time.
(d) She disagrees.

3. Middle sister protests inwardly when longest friend tells middle sister that she has fallen into what "zone" (208)?
(a) Defender.
(b) Difficult.
(c) Shiny.
(d) Renouncer.

4. What does Jason-of-the-Names tell ma about real milkman when he calls her on the phone?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He has been shot.
(c) He is missing.
(d) He has been taken in for questioning.

5. How many people in the group of seven men confronting maybe-boyfriend are wearing balaclavas?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

6. Which character joined a convent, thereby breaking real milkman's heart during his youth?
(a) Eldest sister.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Ma.
(d) Peggy.

7. Middle sister is shocked to hear from which character that she has been deemed a "beyond-the pale" (192) within the community?
(a) First brother-in-law.
(b) Eldest sister.
(c) Third brother-in-law.
(d) Longest friend.

8. In what area of the most popular drinking-club in the district do middle sister and longest friend meet up?
(a) The patio.
(b) The upstairs lounge.
(c) The downstairs lounge.
(d) The lobby.

9. Into what substance does tablets girl dose her victims with poison?
(a) Drinks.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Food.
(d) Toothpaste.

10. Middle sister recalls joining together with which other character in order to warn wee sisters about first brother-in-law?
(a) Real milkman.
(b) Third sister.
(c) Third brother-in-law.
(d) Tablets girl.

11. What phrase does longest friend use to characterize the reason why she had felt compelled to meet with middle sister?
(a) Lack of patriotism.
(b) Death wish.
(c) Mental deterioration.
(d) Weak heart.

12. How many months after the meeting between middle sister and longest friend at the drinking-club does middle sister attend longest friend's wedding?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 9.

13. How many people in the group of seven men confronting maybe-boyfriend at his house are carrying guns?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

14. When ma returns from the hospital, she tells middle sister that she is in love with which character?
(a) First brother-in-law.
(b) Jason-of-the-names.
(c) Real milkman.
(d) The milkman.

15. Tablets girl poisons middle sister just after which character has departed from the table to use the restroom at the bar?
(a) Longest friend.
(b) First brother-in-law.
(c) Third brother-in-law.
(d) Maybe-boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of night does the group of renouncers-of-the-state arrive at maybe-boyfriend's house to threaten him?

2. When tablet girl poisons her family member, she had been having a delusion that the family member had constituted what kind of "aspect of herself" (219)?

3. What information does middle sister say she and maybe-boyfriend had never exchanged?

4. Who comes up behind middle sister in Chapter 6 and puts his arms around her?

5. Ma tells wee sisters that while she is briefly away from middle sister's side, they need to make sure that middle sister does not engage in what activity?

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