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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 hands.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His ears.
(d) His chest.

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

4. 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) City Hall.
(d) The cathedral.

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

6. Which of middle sister's siblings had lost her true love due to the explosion of a car bomb?
(a) Third sister.
(b) One of the three wee sisters.
(c) Eldest sister.
(d) Second sister.

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

13. Who carries tablets girl's sister to his car with the intention of taking her to the hospital?
(a) Third brother.
(b) Da.
(c) Maybe-boyfriend.
(d) First brother-in-law.

14. Which "shiny" member of tablets girl's family does she poison, permanently affecting her victim's "health and eyesight" (217)?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her mother.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects does middle sister throw onto the ground after she leaves the place where she has just had a contentious encounter with the community?

2. On which day of the week had tablets girl always poisoned people, prior to her more frequent poisonings?

3. In what kind of establishment does middle sister have a contentious altercation with members of her community?

4. How many people in the group of seven men confronting maybe-boyfriend are wearing balaclavas?

5. 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)?

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