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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Karen characterize Temple’s role in her life?
(a) Partner in crime.
(b) Boyfriend.
(c) Best friend.
(d) Bête noir.

2. What is Peggy’s father’s line of work?
(a) Truck driver.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Priest.
(d) Doctor.

3. What causes Peggy to drive Lee’s VW Thing into the lake?
(a) A fight in which he hits her.
(b) A fight in which he insults her.
(c) His destruction of her pottery.
(d) His affair with her friend.

4. What does Lee do with Peggy’s things after she leaves?
(a) Throws them out.
(b) Donates them to the college.
(c) Sends them to her parents.
(d) Saves them in storage.

5. Why does Meg refuse to work as a waitress?
(a) She is too clumsy.
(b) It is too public.
(c) The hours are terrible.
(d) The pay is not enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karen want for Christmas?

2. Where does Lee go looking for Peggy?

3. For how long was Peggy fixated on sleeping with Lee?

4. Why does Peggy not want to go to a judge to get a divorce?

5. How does the narrator characterize the persona Peggy acquired in high school?

(see the answer key)

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