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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which aspect of maybe-boyfriend's latest method of communicating with middle sister in Chapter 6 causes her to recoil?
(a) His numbness.
(b) His physicality.
(c) His angry tone.
(d) His desire to control.

2. What is the title of the play from which middle sister reads to wee sisters while their mother is at the hospital?
(a) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
(b) The Glass Menagerie.
(c) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
(d) Equus.

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

4. 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)?
(a) Unacceptable.
(b) Irresponsible.
(c) Loathsome.
(d) Shiny.

5. Who accuses maybe-boyfriend of being the milkman when he makes an attempt to contact middle sister during her recuperation period?
(a) Da.
(b) Eldest sister.
(c) Ma.
(d) Wee sisters.

6. 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?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Escaping.
(c) Reading.
(d) Crying.

7. At what location do "proper couples" (167) in the community often meet before spending time together?
(a) Ten-minute area.
(b) One of the no-go areas.
(c) The cathedral.
(d) City Hall.

8. 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) Weak heart.
(c) Mental deterioration.
(d) Death wish.

9. What is Semtex?
(a) An explosive agent.
(b) A museum.
(c) A holiday.
(d) A brand of tissues.

10. How many other people in the community had already been declared beyond-the-pales when middle sister suffers the same fate?
(a) 11.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

11. What type of establishment is the location referred to by the community as "the usual place" (169)?
(a) A graveyard.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A bar.
(d) A library.

12. When ma hands over her purse to someone before going to the hospital, middle sister feels an emotion akin to what?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Panic.
(d) Adulation.

13. Who comes up behind middle sister in Chapter 6 and puts his arms around her?
(a) Maybe-boyfriend.
(b) Third brother-in-law.
(c) First brother-in-law.
(d) Third brother.

14. When middle sister thinks about her discussion with a particular character in the bar, she tells the reader that to her surprise, the topic of the discussion had actually been what?
(a) Middle sister's status as a beyond-the-pale.
(b) First brother-in-law's status as a sexual predator.
(c) Milkman.
(d) The rearing of wee sisters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which "shiny" member of tablets girl's family does she poison, permanently affecting her victim's "health and eyesight" (217)?

2. How many months after the meeting between middle sister and longest friend at the drinking-club does middle sister attend longest friend's wedding?

3. Middle sister states that which character's status of being "wedged between" (188) her and maybe-boyfriend has damaged their relationship?

4. Middle sister recalls joining together with which other character in order to warn wee sisters about first brother-in-law?

5. From what century is the work of literature from which middle sister reads to wee sisters after their mother's departure?

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