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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lomax’ father’s hobby?
(a) Building ships in bottles.
(b) Chipmunk watching.
(c) Finding psychedelic mushrooms.
(d) Bird watching.

2. What kind of fur does Meg tell Karen a girl like her should wear?
(a) Sheared beaver.
(b) Fox.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Squirrel.

3. How does the narrator characterize Byrdie’s prose in his papers for school?
(a) Erudite and technical.
(b) As dry as he could make it.
(c) Flowery and romantic.
(d) Loquacious and verbose.

4. What keeps the students at Stillwater College from swimming in the lake that borders the college?
(a) Toxic chemicals.
(b) Alligators.
(c) Leeches.
(d) Bacteria.

5. How does the narrator say Byrdie and his friends felt after they spent a night in New York city with a 35-year-old woman?
(a) Cooler.
(b) Older.
(c) Younger.
(d) Wiser.

6. How does the narrator characterize the routine Peggy gets into with her new baby?
(a) Grinding housework.
(b) Exhausting days of colic.
(c) Leisurely feeding and naps.
(d) Exciting days in the garden.

7. How old is the newspaper Peggy finds on the shelves in the shack she takes Karen to?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1941.

8. What is the style of the house Lee lives in near Stillwater College?
(a) Gothic.
(b) Modern.
(c) Restoration.
(d) Victorian.

9. What does Karen want for Christmas?
(a) A hamburger.
(b) A trip to the ocean.
(c) A doll.
(d) A pony.

10. What does Meg tell Karen to do if anyone ever calls her ‘the N-word’?
(a) Hit them in the nose.
(b) Turn her back.
(c) Tell a teacher.
(d) Leave.

11. What is Meg’s requirement for her career?
(a) Not having to have a college degree.
(b) Not having to talk to anyone.
(c) Not having to leave the house.
(d) Not needing to use math.

12. What does Lee turn to when he feels washed up in poetry?
(a) Memoir.
(b) Biography.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Criticism.

13. What kind of reading material has Peggy brought with her to the shack?
(a) Cookbooks.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Reference books.
(d) Animal identification guides.

14. Where does Byrdie go with his friends on a chartered jet?
(a) New York for the museums.
(b) Savannah for fishing.
(c) Key West for scuba diving.
(d) DC for a rally.

15. What does Meg say she is not willing to do in order to get good clothes for Karen?
(a) Sort through tag sales.
(b) Go to church.
(c) Pay full price.
(d) Shop at Salvation Army stores.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karen’s Christmas wish make Peggy want?

2. Who was the first poet Lee invited to Stillwater College?

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

4. How much does Meg get for selling a dead raccoon to a bait shop?

5. What does Peggy make Karen wear in the woods around their house?

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