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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) Third brother-in-law.
(b) Eldest sister.
(c) Tablets girl's sister.
(d) Tablets girl.

2. What does middle sister do in Chapter 6 when a former couple sees each other for the first time in ages?
(a) She sits down nearby.
(b) She watches.
(c) She turns her back.
(d) She walks home.

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

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

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?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

6. Longest friend reveals that which character had been the source of the original rumors about middle sister?
(a) Eldest sister.
(b) Real milkman.
(c) Ma.
(d) First brother-in-law.

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

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

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

10. How many of middle sister's initial encounters with the milkman does she for some time try to see as "accidental" (166)?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

11. On which day of the week had tablets girl always poisoned people, prior to her more frequent poisonings?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

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

13. What element of maybe-boyfriend's body does middle sister describe as having been "the best, the most, the absolute of lovely" (167) before the milkman ruined her perspective?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His chest.
(c) His ears.
(d) His hands.

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

15. How many years after longest friend's wedding does her husband die?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tablets girl poisons middle sister just after which character has departed from the table to use the restroom at the bar?

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

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

4. On how many previous occasions had ma handed over her purse to someone else?

5. Jason-of-the-Names tells ma on the phone that real milkman is now in which location?

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