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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the high point of Temple’s birthday parties?
(a) The clown.
(b) The swimming.
(c) The piñata.
(d) The cake.

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

5. How do Peggy’s parents treat her children?
(a) They browbeat them.
(b) They ignore them.
(c) They lecture them.
(d) They spoil them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the newspaper Peggy finds on the shelves in the shack she takes Karen to?

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

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

4. How does the narrator characterize the police’s response to Peggy’s disappearance?

5. What does Peggy make Karen wear in the woods around their house?

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