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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. At the time of the mass-slaughter of neighborhood animals by soldiers, middle sister and which other character had been the youngest children in their family?
(a) Eldest sister.
(b) Second sister.
(c) Third sister.
(d) Third brother.

2. Which character asks middle sister to go along on a sunset-viewing expedition?
(a) Eldest sister.
(b) Maybe-boyfriend.
(c) Third brother-in-law.
(d) Ma.

3. What is the subject of the literary passage French teacher reads to the class in French?
(a) The definition of linear time.
(b) The distance of the stars.
(c) The nature of the universe.
(d) The color of the sky.

4. While walking through the ten-minute area on her way back from French class, middle sister finds the head of what kind of animal?
(a) A fox.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A rat.

5. A group of how many girlfriends of paramilitaries approach middle sister one night at a bar, frightening her into politeness?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Middle sister tells the reader that not taking what action is her primary method of "staying safe" (34)?

2. Which character is middle sister's favorite running partner?

3. In what activity does middle sister like to engage while she is walking?

4. Middle sister says that every other student in the class is different from her in what way?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does maybe-boyfriend suspect about middle sister's reasons for never meeting him in her own neighborhood?

2. Why are the students in middle sister's French class so loathe to hear the sky described as any other color besides blue?

3. Discuss one quality within French teacher's personality that qualifies her as a "beyond-the-pale," (69) according to middle sister.

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

5. For what reason does the real milkman bring up the subject of wee sisters?

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

7. What is the symbolism of the British tabloids and newspapers?

8. Which elements of middle sister's second interaction with the milkman make her feel relatively safe?

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

10. 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?

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