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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. 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?
2. How does middle sister feel about the neighbors' comments to ma that she cannot take middle sister to the hospital?
3. How many years after longest friend's wedding does her husband die?
4. 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?
5. What element of maybe-boyfriend's body does middle sister describe as having been "the best, the most, the absolute of lovely" (167) before the milkman ruined her perspective?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is ironic about the fact that every time the milkman suddenly appears, he does so "in the manner of some ordinary meeting up" (166)?
2. Who is tablets girl?
3. What is the symbolism of the "tenner" (220) in the novel?
4. What three-syllable response does middle sister use in response to any question she is ever asked and why?
5. What act does middle sister see as the one that would symbolize her surrender to the milkman?
6. What revelation does ma make about real milkman during one of her breaks from the hospital?
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. For what reason does the incident in the chip shop happen, according to middle sister?
10. Describe an instance when Burns makes a point about how polarization often leads to exclusion.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Burns’s use of the motif of sound within the novel entitled Milkman.
Essay Topic 2
How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the novel Milkman and how does their treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 3
What messages does Burns send to the audience about the theme of isolation?
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