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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. 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) Reading.
(b) Crying.
(c) Escaping.
(d) Sleeping.

2. Middle sister has known longest friend since they met at what type of school?
(a) Primary.
(b) Secondary.
(c) Traffic school.
(d) College.

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

4. Middle sister is shocked to hear from which character that she has been deemed a "beyond-the pale" (192) within the community?
(a) Third brother-in-law.
(b) First brother-in-law.
(c) Longest friend.
(d) Eldest sister.

5. How many hours after she goes to bed does middle sister wake up with "unbelievable stomach pains" (214) as described at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what century is the work of literature from which middle sister reads to wee sisters after their mother's departure?

2. What word does ma use to describe real milkman's condition?

3. What word does middle sister use to indicate how she feels after confiding in longest friend?

4. When ma returns from the hospital, she tells middle sister that she is in love with which character?

5. After dogs eat the chips middle sister has thrown onto the ground, which character does she see?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is tablets girl?

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

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

6. Why do the renouncers-of-the-state come to middle sister's family's door in Chapter 5?

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

8. What kind of murders are said to be "unfathomable" (237) within the confines of middle sister's community and why are they described in this way?

9. What are middle sister's expectations when she tells longest friend the truth about the milkman?

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

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