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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peggy make Karen wear in the woods around their house?
(a) An orange cap.
(b) Bug spray.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) A sweater.

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

3. How much does Meg get when she sells worms?
(a) 25 cents per worm.
(b) 10 cents per worm.
(c) 1 cent per worm.
(d) Four cents per worm.

4. What does the narrator say makes Peggy’s house like the Mekong Delta?
(a) The flooding.
(b) The bug situation.
(c) The undergrowth.
(d) The hostile neighbors.

5. What does the narrator says that the ruling class is made up of?
(a) Sissies.
(b) Dilettantes.
(c) Surgeons.
(d) Professionals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the routine Peggy gets into with her new baby?

2. Why does the narrator say people came to visit Stillwater College from all over?

3. What is the high point of Temple’s birthday parties?

4. Who was it that got Peggy to see that she was “intended to be a man” (3)?

5. What does Karen’s Christmas wish make Peggy want?

(see the answer key)

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