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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what century is the work of literature from which middle sister reads to wee sisters after their mother's departure?
(a) The 19th.
(b) The 20th.
(c) The 16th.
(d) The 18th.

2. What information does middle sister say she and maybe-boyfriend had never exchanged?
(a) Phone numbers.
(b) Addresses.
(c) Religious affiliations.
(d) Political affiliations.

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

4. How old is tablets girl, according to middle sister?
(a) Nearly 20.
(b) Nearly 30.
(c) Nearly 50.
(d) Nearly 40.

5. When middle sister mulls over her meeting with a certain character at the bar, she says that she had expected the discussion to be about what topic?
(a) The rearing of wee sisters.
(b) Her habit of walking while reading.
(c) The milkman.
(d) First brother-in-law's status as a sexual predator.

6. Longest friend reports that which character has been brought into court on charges of "propositioning holy women" (213)?
(a) First brother-in-law.
(b) Maybe-boyfriend.
(c) Third brother-in-law.
(d) Da.

7. The character middle sister sees after the dogs eat the chips is afflicted with which malady or disability?
(a) Blindness.
(b) The effects of polio.
(c) Dementia.
(d) Schizophrenia.

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

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

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

11. Whose death is revealed at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Eldest sister's.
(b) Maybe-boyfriend's.
(c) First brother-in-law's.
(d) Longest friend's.

12. The gossip centered around middle sister and the milkman names which location as their favorite place to meet?
(a) The cemetery.
(b) An abandoned church.
(c) City Hall.
(d) The chip shop.

13. In what kind of establishment does middle sister have a contentious altercation with members of her community?
(a) A chip shop.
(b) A church.
(c) A newspaper stand.
(d) A bakery.

14. What word does ma use to describe real milkman's condition?
(a) Stable.
(b) Dire.
(c) Good.
(d) Critical.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does ma hand over her purse in Chapter 6?

2. When longest friend says she has to bring up a second one of middle sister's transgressive practices, she brings up middle sister's possession of what object?

3. Which of middle sister's siblings had lost her true love due to the explosion of a car bomb?

4. What phrase does longest friend use to characterize the reason why she had felt compelled to meet with middle sister?

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

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