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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Peggy discover Lee sleeping with when she comes home from the lake?
(a) Her close friend.
(b) The maintenance man.
(c) His guest poet.
(d) His student.

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

3. 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.

4. How does Peggy characterize the poets who come to visit Lee?
(a) Posers and frauds.
(b) Foul-mouthed gods.
(c) Lazy loafers.
(d) Bullshitting parasites.

5. What does Karen want for Christmas?
(a) A hamburger.
(b) A trip to the ocean.
(c) A doll.
(d) A pony.

6. What color does Lee’s friend Cary say Lee’s aura is?
(a) Pink.
(b) Crimson.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Dark blue.

7. When does Peggy feel most beautiful?
(a) In private.
(b) In her debutante gown.
(c) In her rugby shirt.
(d) In her sweatshirt.

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

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

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

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

12. What is the first method Meg finds for making money?
(a) Selling her short stories.
(b) Selling worms.
(c) Selling porn magazines she finds on the road.
(d) Selling real estate.

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

14. When does Lee date the rise of fashion to at Stillwater College?
(a) The inauguration of JFK.
(b) The day the college got TV.
(c) The publication of Ms. magazine.
(d) Early Warhol films.

15. Who is Lee’s bête noir on the Stillwater Review board?
(a) The phoenix.
(b) The Amazon.
(c) The geeky girl.
(d) The Maoist.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Karen’s Christmas wish make Peggy want?

5. How does the narrator characterize the police’s response to Peggy’s disappearance?

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