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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does middle sister take when she hears the milkman make a veiled threat against maybe-boyfriend?

2. In what activity does middle sister like to engage while she is walking?

3. What activity does middle sister assert in Chapter 2 that she will never give up?

4. Middle sister states that in her district, renouncers-of-the-state are viewed as what?

5. What malady does middle sister admit to having in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the real reasons for middle sister's reluctance to meet maybe-boyfriend in her own neighborhood?

2. What aspects of maybe-boyfriend's life are revealed within Chapters 1 and 2 of the novel?

3. Which character does middle sister suspect of having started a rumor about herself and an older man?

4. What horrific and significant event had occurred when middle sister was nine years old?

5. Who is the milkman?

6. Why are the students in middle sister's French class so loathe to hear the sky described as any other color besides blue?

7. What event convinces middle sister that the tactics she has been using to ward off the milkman are not working?

8. What is the ten-minute-area?

9. Which answers are said to be "acceptable" (72) when one is asked the color of the sky in middle sister's society?

10. What truths does middle sister reveal to ma during their first conversation about the milkman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of injustice portrayed within Milkman? Examine Burns's treatment of and messages regarding injustice throughout the work.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Burns's decision to include humor within the fictional narrative of Milkman. What purpose did Burns have in mind when including these inclusions of humor and how does the element of humor support the overarching themes and messages of the text?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for Milkman.

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