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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 malady does middle sister admit to having in Chapter 3?
(a) Lupus.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Depression.

2. What name is used throughout the novel to refer to maybe-boyfriend's best friend?
(a) Bobbie.
(b) Chef.
(c) Longest friend.
(d) Crash.

3. How many little girls comprise the group referred to as "wee sisters" (84)?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. Which character is middle sister's favorite running partner?
(a) Maybe-boyfriend.
(b) First brother-in-law.
(c) Thingy.
(d) Third brother-in-law.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what location had da really been traveling during his lengthy periods away from the family?

2. What entity or object is said to take a picture of middle sister near the top reservoir one day during a run?

3. Which of French teacher's actions continually perplexes her students?

4. From what country is the flag adorning the car part awarded to maybe-boyfriend?

5. Middle sister says that everyone in her neighborhood, renouncers or not, waits at least how many minutes before venturing outside once they hear the dogs start to bark?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Which member of middle sister's family does she despise and why?

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

6. Who is the milkman?

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

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

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

10. What event convinces middle sister that the tactics she has been using to ward off the milkman are not working?

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