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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) His ears.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His chest.
(d) His hands.

2. Jason-of-the-Names tells ma on the phone that real milkman is now in which location?
(a) A detention facility.
(b) The hospital.
(c) His own home.
(d) Jail.

3. Who accuses maybe-boyfriend of being the milkman when he makes an attempt to contact middle sister during her recuperation period?
(a) Wee sisters.
(b) Eldest sister.
(c) Ma.
(d) Da.

4. When tablet girl poisons her family member, she had been having a delusion that the family member had constituted what kind of "aspect of herself" (219)?
(a) Loathsome.
(b) Irresponsible.
(c) Unacceptable.
(d) Shiny.

5. Middle sister often pleads with maybe-boyfriend not to take what action?
(a) Walk through the ten-minute area.
(b) Tell chef about their sex life.
(c) Call her at her house.
(d) Drive his car.

6. Middle sister is shocked to hear from which character that she has been deemed a "beyond-the pale" (192) within the community?
(a) Longest friend.
(b) First brother-in-law.
(c) Third brother-in-law.
(d) Eldest sister.

7. Longest friend reports that which character has been brought into court on charges of "propositioning holy women" (213)?
(a) Da.
(b) Third brother-in-law.
(c) First brother-in-law.
(d) Maybe-boyfriend.

8. What is the title of the play from which middle sister reads to wee sisters while their mother is at the hospital?
(a) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
(b) Equus.
(c) The Glass Menagerie.
(d) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

9. What element of middle sister's personality does longest friend demand that middle sister eradicate?
(a) Her flighty affectations.
(b) Her visible and seething rage.
(c) Her sense of humor.
(d) Her numb affectations.

10. Tablets girl poisons middle sister just after which character has departed from the table to use the restroom at the bar?
(a) Third brother-in-law.
(b) Maybe-boyfriend.
(c) First brother-in-law.
(d) Longest friend.

11. What accessory does longest friend wear with her wedding gown?
(a) A train.
(b) Dark glasses.
(c) A bulletproof vest.
(d) A veil.

12. In what area of the most popular drinking-club in the district do middle sister and longest friend meet up?
(a) The patio.
(b) The lobby.
(c) The downstairs lounge.
(d) The upstairs lounge.

13. How many people in the group of seven men confronting maybe-boyfriend at his house are carrying guns?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

14. Which "shiny" member of tablets girl's family does she poison, permanently affecting her victim's "health and eyesight" (217)?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

15. When ma hands over her purse to someone before going to the hospital, middle sister feels an emotion akin to what?
(a) Panic.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Adulation.
(d) Bravery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many weeks after real milkman is hurt does middle sister go to the chip shop, where she is then confronted by the community?

2. On which day of the week had tablets girl always poisoned people, prior to her more frequent poisonings?

3. Which element of speech had inspired suspicion in middle sister's mind long before the appearance of the milkman in her life?

4. What does middle sister do in Chapter 6 when a former couple sees each other for the first time in ages?

5. Who comes up behind middle sister in Chapter 6 and puts his arms around her?

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