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

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. What is the only sound Peggy hears at night when she and Karen move into the shack?
(a) Pine needles in the breeze.
(b) Bullfrogs.
(c) Crickets.
(d) Trucks on the highway.

3. What does Lee spill on his pants when he thinks he sees Mireille in a parking lot?
(a) Books.
(b) Paint.
(c) Corn chowder.
(d) French fries.

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

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

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

7. Where did Lee Fleming go to college?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) New York.
(d) Provincetown.

8. What was the response to the missing person ad Lee ran?
(a) A smattering of crank calls.
(b) Leads from all over the state.
(c) A few calls from Lynchburg.
(d) No response.

9. How does the narrator say Lee’s house is regarded among Byrdie’s friends?
(a) Timbuktu.
(b) Xanadu.
(c) Oz.
(d) Never never land.

10. How does the narrator characterize Byrdie’s prose in his papers for school?
(a) As dry as he could make it.
(b) Erudite and technical.
(c) Flowery and romantic.
(d) Loquacious and verbose.

11. What makes Lee think that the girl he sees in the parking lot is his daughter?
(a) Her cheekbones.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her blond hair.
(d) Her teeth.

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

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

14. How does the narrator characterize the persona Peggy acquired in high school?
(a) Affectionate and loyal.
(b) Tough and intimidating.
(c) Tender and fragile.
(d) Imperturbable and cool.

15. Who does Peggy think poets resemble?
(a) Street people.
(b) Surgeons.
(c) Morticians.
(d) Bookkeepers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Peggy to drive Lee’s VW Thing into the lake?

2. How much does Meg get for selling a dead raccoon to a bait shop?

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

4. How do Peggy’s parents treat her children?

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

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