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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Mislaid set?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Maryland.
(c) New York.
(d) Virginia.

2. How does the narrator characterize the routine Peggy gets into with her new baby?
(a) Leisurely feeding and naps.
(b) Exhausting days of colic.
(c) Grinding housework.
(d) Exciting days in the garden.

3. How did Lomax get certified as unemployable?
(a) He got a recruiter at a National Guard center to write him a letter.
(b) He faked a coma for six months.
(c) He was in an accident in his van.
(d) He developed epilepsy.

4. Where does the narrator say Karen’s “common-sensical, matter-of-fact way of approaching things” comes from (160)?
(a) Passivity.
(b) Patience.
(c) Genius.
(d) Confusion.

5. For how long was Peggy fixated on sleeping with Lee?
(a) A month.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) Two or three months.
(d) Three years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Meg say she is not willing to do in order to get good clothes for Karen?

2. What keeps the students at Stillwater College from swimming in the lake that borders the college?

3. How does Lee console himself after he finds that Byrdie’s perfections make him feel bad about himself?

4. What two character traits does Byrdie manage to combine in high school?

5. What kind of writers does Lee start to cultivate after he feels washed-up in poetry?

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