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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does middle sister use to indicate how she feels after confiding in longest friend?
(a) Better.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Worse.
(d) Lighter.

2. In what location does first brother-in-law lie within his house while recuperation from "a recent paramilitary beating-up" (332)?
(a) On the dining room table.
(b) On the roof.
(c) In the bathtub.
(d) In bed.

3. What action does middle sister take when she hears the milkman make a veiled threat against maybe-boyfriend?
(a) She sobs.
(b) She moans.
(c) She collapses.
(d) She jumps.

4. What objects does middle sister use to wrap the head of the animal she finds in the ten-minute area?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Court documents.
(c) Facial tissues.
(d) Handkerchiefs.

5. In what way does the truth leech into the untrue rumors circulating about middle sister?
(a) Some people tell ma that the milkman has an eccentric best friend.
(b) Some people tell ma that the milkman is an auto mechanic.
(c) Some people tell ma that the milkman is two years older than middle sister.
(d) Some people tell ma that the milkman is six years older than middle sister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what activity does middle sister never engage while running?

3. What phrase does longest friend use to characterize the reason why she had felt compelled to meet with middle sister?

4. What kinds of abandoned buildings occupy the location called "the ten-minute area" (81)?

5. What is middle sister's intention when she picks up the head of the animal in the ten-minute area?

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