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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. How many people in the group of seven men confronting maybe-boyfriend are wearing balaclavas?
2. Whose death is revealed at the end of Chapter 4?
3. The gossip centered around middle sister and the milkman names which location as their favorite place to meet?
4. 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?
5. On how many previous occasions had ma handed over her purse to someone else?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe an instance when Burns makes a point about how polarization often leads to exclusion.
2. What are middle sister's expectations when she tells longest friend the truth about the milkman?
3. What act does middle sister see as the one that would symbolize her surrender to the milkman?
4. Why do the renouncers-of-the-state come to middle sister's family's door in Chapter 5?
5. Discuss a particular allusion Burns uses to allude to another literary work associated with the theme of depression.
6. What major revelation about the community's view of middle sister does longest friend reveal during their meeting?
7. For what reason does the incident in the chip shop happen, according to middle sister?
8. Which group had reportedly failed in their attempts to save tablets girl's life prior to her demise?
9. What change occurs in middle sister's feelings for maybe-boyfriend after the milkman begins to stalk her?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Burns’s message regarding the connection between silence and control and what tools are used within Milkman in order to get this message across to the reader?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Milkman and one of the novel's main messages. How does Burns make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for Milkman.
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