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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Peggy not want to go to a judge to get a divorce?
(a) Fear of publicity.
(b) Shame for her childrearing.
(c) Fear of losing custody.
(d) Fear of Lee’s temper.

2. Where did Lee Fleming go to college?
(a) Provincetown.
(b) New York.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) San Francisco.

3. Where is Peggy Vaillaincourt from?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Portsmouth.
(d) Port Royal.

4. Why does Peggy leave Lee?
(a) Fear of poverty.
(b) Fear of being committed to a mental institution.
(c) Rage at his cruelty to her.
(d) Spite.

5. What was the main building of Stillwater College before it was a college?
(a) A retirement home.
(b) A plantation.
(c) An army barracks.
(d) A hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only sound Peggy hears at night when she and Karen move into the shack?

2. What is Karen’s real name?

3. What is the style of the house Lee lives in near Stillwater College?

4. What is Lee’s mother’s objection to breastfeeding?

5. What keeps the students at Stillwater College from swimming in the lake that borders the college?

(see the answer key)

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