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

2. How many years after longest friend's wedding does her husband die?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. Middle sister recalls joining together with which other character in order to warn wee sisters about first brother-in-law?
(a) Third sister.
(b) Tablets girl.
(c) Third brother-in-law.
(d) Real milkman.

4. The character middle sister sees after the dogs eat the chips is afflicted with which malady or disability?
(a) Dementia.
(b) The effects of polio.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Schizophrenia.

5. When middle sister mulls over her meeting with a certain character at the bar, she says that she had expected the discussion to be about what topic?
(a) The rearing of wee sisters.
(b) The milkman.
(c) First brother-in-law's status as a sexual predator.
(d) Her habit of walking while reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When middle sister thinks about her discussion with a particular character in the bar, she tells the reader that to her surprise, the topic of the discussion had actually been what?

3. Which of middle sister's siblings had lost her true love due to the explosion of a car bomb?

4. To whom does ma hand over her purse in Chapter 6?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the ultimate fate of longest friend?

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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