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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 does middle sister do in Chapter 6 when a former couple sees each other for the first time in ages?
(a) She turns her back.
(b) She sits down nearby.
(c) She walks home.
(d) She watches.

2. On how many previous occasions had ma handed over her purse to someone else?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

3. How many people in the group of seven men confronting maybe-boyfriend at his house are wearing Halloween masks?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

4. From what century is the work of literature from which middle sister reads to wee sisters after their mother's departure?
(a) The 18th.
(b) The 16th.
(c) The 20th.
(d) The 19th.

5. How many people in the group of seven men confronting maybe-boyfriend at his house are carrying guns?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What practice of middle sister's does longest friend say she had consistently warned middle sister to stop performing?

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

3. What does Jason-of-the-Names tell ma about real milkman when he calls her on the phone?

4. 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?

5. In what area of the most popular drinking-club in the district do middle sister and longest friend meet up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information about longest friend does middle sister finally reveal to the reader at the end of Chapter 4?

2. What three-syllable response does middle sister use in response to any question she is ever asked and why?

3. Which character does middle sister soon encounter once she emerges from the chip shop and what reunion does she then watch?

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

5. What does middle sister mean when she says, "My inner world, it seemed, had gone away" (176)?

6. Discuss a particular allusion Burns uses to allude to another literary work associated with the theme of depression.

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

8. 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.

9. What is the ultimate fate of longest friend?

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

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