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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Temple’s mother, Dee?
(a) A hard-nosed traditionalist.
(b) An impressionable kid.
(c) An unflappable realist.
(d) A dreamy romantic.

2. When do Meg and Karen move into the housing development?
(a) When Karen starts fourth grade.
(b) When Karen starts eleventh grade.
(c) When Karen starts sixth grade.
(d) When Karen starts eighth grade.

3. In Chapter Nine, what part of the evening does Temple want to keep secret?
(a) Having seen so many drugs.
(b) Him losing track of Karen.
(c) Him soiling his pants.
(d) Karen doing drugs.

4. What does Karen remember Byrdie pairing intelligence with?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Dignity.
(d) Protective contempt.

5. What color does Lee’s friend Cary say Lee’s aura is?
(a) Dark blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Crimson.
(d) Pink.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poet previously owned the jacket Temple has borrowed from Byrdie?

2. How does Meg prevent the truck driver who recognizes her from Stillwater College to keep quiet?

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

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

5. What is Byrdie playing on his ukulele when Karen and Temple show up at Thetan House?

(see the answer key)

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