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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. When ma hands over her purse to someone before going to the hospital, middle sister feels an emotion akin to what?
(a) Adulation.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Panic.
(d) Bravery.

2. On which day of the week had tablets girl always poisoned people, prior to her more frequent poisonings?
(a) Monday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Saturday.

3. What does Jason-of-the-Names tell ma about real milkman when he calls her on the phone?
(a) He is missing.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He has been taken in for questioning.
(d) He has been shot.

4. Jason-of-the-Names tells ma on the phone that real milkman is now in which location?
(a) The hospital.
(b) A detention facility.
(c) Jail.
(d) His own home.

5. In what kind of establishment does middle sister have a contentious altercation with members of her community?
(a) A newspaper stand.
(b) A church.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A chip shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of establishment is the location referred to by the community as "the usual place" (169)?

2. How does middle sister feel about the neighbors' comments to ma that she cannot take middle sister to the hospital?

3. 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?

4. The character middle sister sees after the dogs eat the chips is afflicted with which malady or disability?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. What act does middle sister see as the one that would symbolize her surrender to the milkman?

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

10. What does Semtex symbolize within the novel?

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