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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lomax’ father’s hobby?
(a) Bird watching.
(b) Finding psychedelic mushrooms.
(c) Chipmunk watching.
(d) Building ships in bottles.

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

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

4. How much does Meg have in her emergency fund at the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) $100.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $10.
(d) $10,000.

5. How does the narrator characterize the police’s response to Peggy’s disappearance?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Feverish interest.
(c) Casual, professional curiosity.
(d) Slow and sloppy investigation.

6. Where does Byrdie get drunk for the first time?
(a) In a museum.
(b) At a steeplechase.
(c) At school.
(d) In a canoe.

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

8. What is the style of the house Lee lives in near Stillwater College?
(a) Restoration.
(b) Modern.
(c) Victorian.
(d) Gothic.

9. What does Meg tell Karen to do if anyone ever calls her ‘the N-word’?
(a) Tell a teacher.
(b) Leave.
(c) Turn her back.
(d) Hit them in the nose.

10. Which famous writer’s footsteps does Peggy see herself following in?
(a) Edith Wharton.
(b) Jane Austen.
(c) Charlotte Brontë.
(d) Kate Chopin.

11. Why does Meg refuse to work as a waitress?
(a) The pay is not enough.
(b) It is too public.
(c) The hours are terrible.
(d) She is too clumsy.

12. What famous author does Lee turn to, in Peggy’s absence?
(a) Ovid.
(b) Milton.
(c) Montaigne.
(d) Shakespeare.

13. What kind of reading material has Peggy brought with her to the shack?
(a) Cookbooks.
(b) Reference books.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Animal identification guides.

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

15. How does Lee pull out of the parking lot after he thinks he sees Mireille?
(a) Blindly.
(b) At full speed.
(c) In reverse.
(d) At a miserable crawl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Peggy’s father’s line of work?

2. Where is Peggy Vaillaincourt from?

3. What excuse does Peggy use for getting Karen Brown’s birth certificate?

4. How does the narrator say Lee’s house is regarded among Byrdie’s friends?

5. Where did Lee Fleming go to college?

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