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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. For about how long have middle sister and maybe-boyfriend been together at the period of time focused on in the narrative?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 2 years.

2. About whom is middle sister thinking when she distractedly agrees to her running partner's initial suggestion about how many miles they should run?
(a) Thingy.
(b) The milkman.
(c) Ma.
(d) Da.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years older than the protagonist is maybe-boyfriend?

2. What action does middle sister take when she hears the milkman make a veiled threat against maybe-boyfriend?

3. How old is the milkman at the time of the narrative's opening?

4. Middle sister finally reveals that she had been how old at the time of the mass-slaughter of animals in her neighborhood?

5. How old is first brother-in-law when he marries eldest sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does middle sister discuss the activities that go on in the park where she likes to go for runs?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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