View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ma tells wee sisters that while she is briefly away from middle sister's side, they need to make sure that middle sister does not engage in what activity?
(a) Crying.
(b) Reading.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Escaping.

2. What objects does middle sister throw onto the ground after she leaves the place where she has just had a contentious encounter with the community?
(a) Chips.
(b) Rosaries.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Magazines.

3. Who threatens tablets girl's family that they will kill her if she does not stop using poison, just after she has nearly killed her own family member?
(a) Defenders-of-the-state.
(b) The milkman's specific paramilitary group.
(c) Renouncers-of-the-state.
(d) Ma.

4. Which aspect of maybe-boyfriend's latest method of communicating with middle sister in Chapter 6 causes her to recoil?
(a) His numbness.
(b) His desire to control.
(c) His physicality.
(d) His angry tone.

5. What is true of every family member in longest friend's family?
(a) They are deceased.
(b) They are all in hiding.
(c) They are members of the defenders-of-the-state.
(d) They are members of the renouncers-of-the-state.

Short Answer Questions

1. Middle sister often pleads with maybe-boyfriend not to take what action?

2. When tablet girl poisons her family member, she had been having a delusion that the family member had constituted what kind of "aspect of herself" (219)?

3. How does longest friend get word to middle sister that she wants to meet with her?

4. At what location do "proper couples" (167) in the community often meet before spending time together?

5. At what time of night does the group of renouncers-of-the-state arrive at maybe-boyfriend's house to threaten him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolism of the "tenner" (220) in the novel?

2. What major revelation about the community's view of middle sister does longest friend reveal during their meeting?

3. What change occurs in middle sister's feelings for maybe-boyfriend after the milkman begins to stalk her?

4. For what reason does the incident in the chip shop happen, according to middle sister?

5. Describe an instance when Burns makes a point about how polarization often leads to exclusion.

6. How does longest friend's reaction to middle sister's confession surprise middle sister?

7. Who is ultimately revealed to have killed tablets girl?

8. What is the ultimate fate of longest friend?

9. Give an example of Burns's use of sarcastic humor within Chapter 5 and explain its connection to one of the novel's major themes.

10. What does Semtex symbolize within the novel?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,455 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample