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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say provided Temple’s mother Dee’s “one authentic encounter with the supernatural” (139)?
(a) Ham biscuits.
(b) Meg and Lomax’ drugs.
(c) Gin and tonics.
(d) Driving lessons with Karen.

2. Where does the narrator say the women’s knowledge comes from in the feminist encounter group?
(a) Ms. magazine.
(b) Experiences in Richmond.
(c) Men.
(d) TV.

3. In Chapter Ten, what does Meg tell she feels like she is raising, in Karen?
(a) A bird of paradise.
(b) A horse.
(c) An iguana.
(d) A kitten.

4. What effect does Temple have on the interviewer from UVA?
(a) He makes him forget his interview questions.
(b) He blows him away.
(c) He makes him laugh derisively.
(d) He underwhelms.

5. What is Byrdie playing on his ukulele when Karen and Temple show up at Thetan House?
(a) Velvet Underground.
(b) Violent Femmes.
(c) The Cure.
(d) Bruce Springsteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karen remember Byrdie pairing intelligence with?

2. What doers the narrator say the call for better school facilities is a front for?

3. Why does the press conference the prosecutor plans not end up happening?

4. What is the effect of Meg’s discourse, in her feminist encounter group, on the relativity of gender?

5. What one thing does Lee say made the “South go away overnight” (133).

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Lomax and Flea react when Meg tells them that she is really Lee Fleming’s wife?

2. What is the sheltering sky, and what does it mean to Temple?

3. What is the outcome of the court scene?

4. How does Meg meet Luke?

5. What is the career opportunity that opens up for Meg when Lomax meets the man known as “the Seal” (116)?

6. How do Lomax and Meg skate by when a local cocaine bust does not touch them?

7. How did Karen get the nickname “Shadow” (139)?

8. What does Dee say about race and cooking, when she visits Temple and Dee at UVA?

9. How do Lomax and Meg end up at the Squirrel Sanctuary?

10. How does Byrdie meet Karen at Thetan House?

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