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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does ma call out when she needs medicine for middle sister to be fetched from the "backyard pharmacy" (225)?
(a) Maybe-boyfriend.
(b) Third brother-in-law.
(c) Eldest sister.
(d) Wee sisters.

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

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

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

5. Middle sister is shocked to find herself labeled in the same way as which other character?
(a) Real milkman.
(b) The milkman.
(c) Tablets girl's sister.
(d) Tablets girl.

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

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

8. 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 upstairs lounge.
(c) The patio.
(d) The lobby.

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

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

11. On how many previous occasions had ma handed over her purse to someone else?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After dogs eat the chips middle sister has thrown onto the ground, which character does she see?

2. Into what substance does tablets girl dose her victims with poison?

3. Middle sister is shocked to hear from which character that she has been deemed a "beyond-the pale" (192) within the community?

4. Which character joined a convent, thereby breaking real milkman's heart during his youth?

5. Middle sister often pleads with maybe-boyfriend not to take what action?

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