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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lomax Hunter’s racial background?
(a) Descendent of slaves.
(b) Mattaponi Indian.
(c) Mixed-race descendent of blacks, whites and Natives.
(d) White.

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

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

4. What is Lee’s reaction when Byrdie shows him his poetry?
(a) He celebrates him.
(b) He disavows him.
(c) He promotes him.
(d) He criticizes him.

5. What doers the narrator say the call for better school facilities is a front for?
(a) Increasing the value of investment properties.
(b) Pushing out black families.
(c) Re-segregating the schools.
(d) More construction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the response to the missing person ad Lee ran?

2. What is the social change that ultimately causes Meg and Karen to move out of their shack?

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

4. Why does Peggy not want to go to a judge to get a divorce?

5. Where does Meg hide her drugs in Chapter Six?

(see the answer key)

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