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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Karen’s Christmas wish make Peggy want?
(a) A good lawyer.
(b) Prestige.
(c) A family.
(d) Money.
2. Where does Byrdie go with his friends on a chartered jet?
(a) Savannah for fishing.
(b) DC for a rally.
(c) Key West for scuba diving.
(d) New York for the museums.
3. What is the high point of Temple’s birthday parties?
(a) The clown.
(b) The cake.
(c) The piñata.
(d) The swimming.
4. When does Lee date the rise of fashion to at Stillwater College?
(a) The publication of Ms. magazine.
(b) The day the college got TV.
(c) Early Warhol films.
(d) The inauguration of JFK.
5. How does the narrator characterize the persona Peggy acquired in high school?
(a) Tender and fragile.
(b) Affectionate and loyal.
(c) Tough and intimidating.
(d) Imperturbable and cool.
6. What is Peggy’s father’s line of work?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Truck driver.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Priest.
7. When does Peggy feel most beautiful?
(a) In her debutante gown.
(b) In her rugby shirt.
(c) In her sweatshirt.
(d) In private.
8. The narrator says that Lee and Byrdie look like advertisements for shirts and baby food: what does she say Peggy looks like?
(a) The nanny.
(b) The secretary.
(c) Their maintenance man.
(d) The movie star.
9. How does the narrator characterize the police’s response to Peggy’s disappearance?
(a) Feverish interest.
(b) Slow and sloppy investigation.
(c) Casual, professional curiosity.
(d) Indifference.
10. What is the only sound Peggy hears at night when she and Karen move into the shack?
(a) Crickets.
(b) Pine needles in the breeze.
(c) Trucks on the highway.
(d) Bullfrogs.
11. What kind of writers does Lee start to cultivate after he feels washed-up in poetry?
(a) Cookbook authors.
(b) Novelists.
(c) Literary journalists.
(d) Southern writers.
12. What does Meg tell Karen to do if anyone ever calls her ‘the N-word’?
(a) Tell a teacher.
(b) Turn her back.
(c) Hit them in the nose.
(d) Leave.
13. What causes Peggy to drive Lee’s VW Thing into the lake?
(a) His destruction of her pottery.
(b) His affair with her friend.
(c) A fight in which he hits her.
(d) A fight in which he insults her.
14. How does the narrator characterize the routine Peggy gets into with her new baby?
(a) Leisurely feeding and naps.
(b) Exciting days in the garden.
(c) Exhausting days of colic.
(d) Grinding housework.
15. Which poets was Lee drawn to?
(a) The Beats.
(b) The Romantics.
(c) The confessional poets.
(d) The Metaphysical poets.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which famous writer’s footsteps does Peggy see herself following in?
2. Where does Byrdie get drunk for the first time?
3. What does Peggy make Karen wear in the woods around their house?
4. How does Lee suppress the insurrection among the Stillwater Review editorial board?
5. How did Lomax get certified as unemployable?
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