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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major does Byrdie expect to sign up for when he arrives at the University of Virginia?
(a) English.
(b) Business.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Music.

2. How much does Meg get for selling a dead raccoon to a bait shop?
(a) $22.
(b) $6.
(c) $35.
(d) $10.

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

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

5. 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 is sorry she left him, but Lee was impossible to live with.
(c) That she and Karen are laying low, but that she loves him.
(d) That he should treat his father’s advice with a grain of salt at the least.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Karen get the nickname Shadow?

2. What do Meg and Lomax discover they have been selling all this time, when they thought it was cocaine?

3. What does Meg tell Karen to do if anyone ever calls her ‘the N-word’?

4. What does Meg suggest giving up drug dealing for?

5. What was the response to the missing person ad Lee ran?

(see the answer key)

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