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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of writers does Lee start to cultivate after he feels washed-up in poetry?
(a) Cookbook authors.
(b) Literary journalists.
(c) Novelists.
(d) Southern writers.

2. What causes Peggy to drive Lee’s VW Thing into the lake?
(a) His destruction of her pottery.
(b) His affair with her friend.
(c) A fight in which he insults her.
(d) A fight in which he hits her.

3. What is Byrdie’s name?
(a) Mortimer.
(b) Rhys.
(c) Harry.
(d) Favreau.

4. What does Karen’s Christmas wish make Peggy want?
(a) A good lawyer.
(b) A family.
(c) Prestige.
(d) Money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lee console himself after he finds that Byrdie’s perfections make him feel bad about himself?

2. How does Karen characterize Temple’s role in her life?

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

4. What does Karen want for Christmas?

5. The narrator says that Lee and Byrdie look like advertisements for shirts and baby food: what does she say Peggy looks like?

(see the answer key)

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