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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the only sound Peggy hears at night when she and Karen move into the shack?
(a) Bullfrogs.
(b) Trucks on the highway.
(c) Crickets.
(d) Pine needles in the breeze.

3. What does Lee say all poems are about?
(a) The inevitability of resurrection.
(b) The act of reading.
(c) The process of dying.
(d) The difficulty of carrying experience.

4. Who was the first poet Lee invited to Stillwater College?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Gregory Corso.
(c) Mark Strand.
(d) Anne Sexton.

5. What is the style of the house Lee lives in near Stillwater College?
(a) Modern.
(b) Gothic.
(c) Restoration.
(d) Victorian.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the persona Peggy acquired in high school?

2. Where is Mislaid set?

3. What is Byrdie’s name?

4. What did Lee get instead of a salary from Stillwater College?

5. What causes Peggy to drive Lee’s VW Thing into the lake?

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