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

2. 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.

3. What type of establishment is the location referred to by the community as "the usual place" (169)?
(a) A graveyard.
(b) A library.
(c) A bar.
(d) A grocery store.

4. 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) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

5. How many months after the meeting between middle sister and longest friend at the drinking-club does middle sister attend longest friend's wedding?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. When ma hands over her purse to someone before going to the hospital, middle sister feels an emotion akin to what?

2. How many weeks after real milkman is hurt does middle sister go to the chip shop, where she is then confronted by the community?

3. On how many previous occasions had ma handed over her purse to someone else?

4. Tablets girl poisons middle sister just after which character has departed from the table to use the restroom at the bar?

5. What length of time is said to have passed between middle sister's first encounter with the milkman and her meeting at the bar with longest friend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Semtex symbolize within the novel?

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

5. What revelation does ma make about real milkman during one of her breaks from the hospital?

6. Which group had reportedly failed in their attempts to save tablets girl's life prior to her demise?

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

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

9. What is the ultimate fate of longest friend?

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

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