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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was it that got Peggy to see that she was “intended to be a man” (3)?
(a) Her baby sitter Susan.
(b) Her best friend Debbie.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her PE teacher Ms. Miller.

2. What is the first method Meg finds for making money?
(a) Selling her short stories.
(b) Selling porn magazines she finds on the road.
(c) Selling worms.
(d) Selling real estate.

3. What is the thing Meg wants to tell Byrdie when she sees him at school?
(a) That a one-handed backhand is better than a two-handed backhand in tennis.
(b) That she and Karen are laying low, but that she loves him.
(c) That he should treat his father’s advice with a grain of salt at the least.
(d) That she is sorry she left him, but Lee was impossible to live with.

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

5. When did Karen Brown die?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1982.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lee do with Peggy’s things after she leaves?

2. Why does Peggy leave Lee?

3. What is the high point of Temple’s birthday parties?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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