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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was it that got Peggy to see that she was “intended to be a man” (3)?
(a) Her PE teacher Ms. Miller.
(b) Her best friend Debbie.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her baby sitter Susan.

2. What does Byrdie say he distinctly remembers about his mother?
(a) Begging her to stay.
(b) Negotiating between her and Lee.
(c) Badgering her for candy.
(d) Telling her to leave.

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

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

5. What is Lee’s mother’s objection to breastfeeding?
(a) She sees it as indulgent.
(b) She does not think it’s nutritious.
(c) It makes the baby dependent on the mother.
(d) She thinks it creates narcissists.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much does Meg have in her emergency fund at the beginning of Chapter Four?

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

4. How does Lee’s AIDS scare start?

5. Where does Byrdie get drunk for the first time?

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