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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. French teacher tells her students that their "temporary unhingement" (76) as a result of the discussion is a sign of what?
(a) Oppression.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Indoctrination.
(d) Progress.

2. Middle sister believes that the milkman's threats in relation to maybe-boyfriend have to do with maybe-boyfriend's procurement of what object?
(a) A pram.
(b) A stick of butter.
(c) A car part.
(d) A coffee pot.

3. What is middle sister's intention when she picks up the head of the animal in the ten-minute area?
(a) To use it for a photography project.
(b) To bury it somewhere green.
(c) To show it to maybe-boyfriend.
(d) To use it to cast a spell.

4. From what sort of addiction does third brother-in-law suffer, according to middle sister?
(a) A sex addiction.
(b) An alcohol addiction.
(c) An exercise addiction.
(d) A gambling addiction.

5. What phrase does third brother-in-law use in response to middle sister's question about the sound she hears during their run?
(a) De facto.
(b) For the record.
(c) Not our business.
(d) In name only.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many objections does middle sister consider when maybe-boyfriend suggests that they move in together?

2. Middle sister states that in her district, renouncers-of-the-state are viewed as what?

3. 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?

4. Which character asks middle sister to go along on a sunset-viewing expedition?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the ten-minute-area?

5. 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?

6. Describe an instance when sound is used to underscore a particular theme within Chapter 1.

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

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

9. What evidence does middle sister provide for her claim that third brother-in-law should have been designated as a "beyond-the-pale" (41) by now, but that he has not?

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

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