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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peggy do every time she comes home to her shack?
(a) Say a prayer of thanksgiving.
(b) Lay the plank down over the moat.
(c) Unlock the gate.
(d) Inspect it for visitors.

2. What is the high point of Temple’s birthday parties?
(a) The swimming.
(b) The cake.
(c) The piñata.
(d) The clown.

3. 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) Leave.
(d) Turn her back.

4. Where does Byrdie go with his friends on a chartered jet?
(a) DC for a rally.
(b) New York for the museums.
(c) Key West for scuba diving.
(d) Savannah for fishing.

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

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

7. What does Lee do with Peggy’s things after she leaves?
(a) Sends them to her parents.
(b) Donates them to the college.
(c) Saves them in storage.
(d) Throws them out.

8. What kind of writers does Lee start to cultivate after he feels washed-up in poetry?
(a) Southern writers.
(b) Literary journalists.
(c) Cookbook authors.
(d) Novelists.

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

10. What kind of fur does Meg tell Karen a girl like her should wear?
(a) Sheared beaver.
(b) Squirrel.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Fox.

11. What two character traits does Byrdie manage to combine in high school?
(a) Outing club and chess club member.
(b) Thespian and engineer.
(c) Nerdy and athletic.
(d) Weird and popular.

12. Why does Peggy leave Lee?
(a) Spite.
(b) Fear of being committed to a mental institution.
(c) Rage at his cruelty to her.
(d) Fear of poverty.

13. Why does the narrator say people came to visit Stillwater College from all over?
(a) The beautiful vistas.
(b) The famous poet.
(c) The remarkable food.
(d) The infamous parties.

14. What does Lee turn to when he feels washed up in poetry?
(a) Fiction.
(b) Criticism.
(c) Memoir.
(d) Biography.

15. When did Karen Brown die?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1973.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the style of the house Lee lives in near Stillwater College?

2. How does the narrator characterize Byrdie’s prose in his papers for school?

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 is Mislaid set?

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