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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of imaginary figure does chef address as he prepares meals?
(a) A cooking assistant.
(b) A prospective customer.
(c) A fairy godmother.
(d) A cooking competition judge.

2. Which character has been making lewd remarks to middle sister since the day he met her?
(a) Thingy.
(b) The milkman.
(c) First brother-in-law.
(d) Third brother-in-law.

3. What is NOT one of middle sister's objections to the idea of living with maybe-boyfriend when he suggests it?
(a) The size of the hoard at maybe-boyfriend's house.
(b) The need to be at home for her younger sisters.
(c) The possibility of harming their relationship.
(d) The damage that would be done to her reputation.

4. After the departure of maybe-boyfriend's parents, the son had "never heard from their parents again, except" (31) through what medium?
(a) Radio.
(b) Film.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Television.

5. Middle sister finally reveals that she had been how old at the time of the mass-slaughter of animals in her neighborhood?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 14.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. When middle sister believes that the milkman has followed her to her college class, she feels like a fool for believing that which tactic had worked?

2. What activity does middle sister assert in Chapter 2 that she will never give up?

3. What color van does the milkman drive when he is not driving one of his sports cars?

4. How many miles does middle sister right away agree to run, in the process shocking her running partner?

5. Middle sister says that the milkman's communication with her nearly always consists of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the students in middle sister's class react to French teacher's comments about the sky and which elements of their society have caused them to instinctively feel this way?

2. What horrific and significant event had occurred when middle sister was nine years old?

3. What contrast does middle sister point out between da's level of openness in life and his level of openness in death?

4. What truths does middle sister reveal to ma during their first conversation about the milkman?

5. Which character does middle sister suspect of having started a rumor about herself and an older man?

6. What are the real reasons for middle sister's reluctance to meet maybe-boyfriend in her own neighborhood?

7. With which aspect of middle sister's habit of walking while reading does third brother-in-law take issue and why?

8. Which answers are said to be "acceptable" (72) when one is asked the color of the sky in middle sister's society?

9. To what location must middle sister travel in order to attend a French language college class and why is this significant?

10. What action does middle sister perform "without a shake" for "the first time in ages" (165) when the real milkman drops her off at home and why?

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