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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 is the subject of the literary passage French teacher reads to the class in French?
2. When middle sister believes that the milkman has followed her to her college class, she feels like a fool for believing that which tactic had worked?
3. What is middle sister's intention when she picks up the head of the animal in the ten-minute area?
4. Middle sister states in Chapter 2 that she feels what emotion toward third brother-in-law?
5. Which literary character does middle sister allude to when describing "armchair supporters" (112) of renouncers?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are the students in middle sister's French class so loathe to hear the sky described as any other color besides blue?
2. Who is the milkman?
3. For what reason does the real milkman bring up the subject of wee sisters?
4. What event convinces middle sister that the tactics she has been using to ward off the milkman are not working?
5. Which answers are said to be "acceptable" (72) when one is asked the color of the sky in middle sister's society?
6. To what location must middle sister travel in order to attend a French language college class and why is this significant?
7. Describe an instance when sound is used to underscore a particular theme within Chapter 1.
8. What truths does middle sister reveal to ma during their first conversation about the milkman?
9. What aspects of maybe-boyfriend's life are revealed within Chapters 1 and 2 of the novel?
10. Which elements of middle sister's second interaction with the milkman make her feel relatively safe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Choose an object from Milkman, such as the white van, the Bentley logo, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.
Essay Topic 3
Look carefully at the passages of Milkman that describe the close relationship between middle sister and third brother-in-law. What is Burns’s purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection between these two characters?
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