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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Peggy Vaillaincourt from?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Port Royal.
(d) Portsmouth.

2. Where is Mislaid set?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Alabama.
(c) New York.
(d) Virginia.

3. When does Karen get the nickname Shadow?
(a) In a shooting range.
(b) During driving lessons.
(c) In bed with Temple.
(d) In a restaurant lot at night.

4. Who is Lee’s bête noir on the Stillwater Review board?
(a) The phoenix.
(b) The Amazon.
(c) The Maoist.
(d) The geeky girl.

5. What is Lee’s reaction when Byrdie shows him his poetry?
(a) He criticizes him.
(b) He celebrates him.
(c) He promotes him.
(d) He disavows him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Meg’s take on the controversy about school funding?

2. What does the narrator say makes Peggy’s house like the Mekong Delta?

3. How does the truck driver who recognized Meg from Stillwater College die?

4. What movie does Karen make the interviewer from UVA think of?

5. What does the narrator say is the ideal student like at UVA?

(see the answer key)

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