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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 word does ma use to describe real milkman's condition?

2. How many people in the group of seven men confronting maybe-boyfriend are wearing balaclavas?

3. What practice of middle sister's does longest friend say she had consistently warned middle sister to stop performing?

4. In what kind of establishment does middle sister have a contentious altercation with members of her community?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are middle sister's expectations when she tells longest friend the truth about the milkman?

5. Who is tablets girl?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Would Burns’s novel Milkman be classified as a dystopian novel? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What messages does Burns send to the audience about the theme of isolation?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Burns's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of Milkman.

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