Milk Like Sugar Comprehension Check

Which character is pregnant at the very start of the play?

• Talisha

• Margie

• Annie

• Keera

What does Annie get a tattoo of for her 16th birthday?

• Fire

• Ladybug

• Rose

• She chickens out and doesn't get one.

What happens in the play that indicates Myrna isn't the best mother?

• Myrna is in jail.

• Myrna is terminally ill but doesn't take her medication.

• Myrna gambles away her paychecks at the casino.

• Myrna doesn't call Annie on her birthday.

How long does it take before Talisha tells the girls that she has gotten pregnant?

• Less than a day.

• At the end of the first week.

• Within a month.

• Exactly 37 days.

What literally is meant by the phrase "milk like sugar on the shelf"?

• powdered milk

• powdered sugar

• sweetened condensed milk

• evaporated milk

What figuratively is meant when Malik mentions people on an airplane looking down at him and seeing the milk like sugar on his shelf?

• People seeing he is a baker with lots of unique ingredients.

• People seeing that he is stupid for thinking milk doesn't need to be refrigerated.

• People seeing that he is stuck where he is because he's from a low-income neighborhood.

• Malik never says anything about that.

What influence does Keera start to have on Annie?

• She gets Annie to think about going to church.

• She gets Annie to think about spending more time with her family.

• She gets Annie to think about how she deserves more than to be a teen mom.

• All of the above.

Which best describes Keera's big secret?

• Her mother spends her extra time gambling money away, her father is in jail.

• Her mother is actually dead, her father is in jail for her death.

• Her mother is in jail, her father abandoned her.

• Her mother is in jail, her father works nights and weekend.

Who is the father of Annie's baby?

• Jerome

• Malik

• Antwoine

• The older man that's supposed to be with Talisha

Which of the following is false about the ending?

• Malik graduates high school and will be attending University of Ohio.

• Keera transfers to a Christian school.

• Margie has the baby and is in night school.

• The older man breaks up with Talisha after she tells him she is pregnant.