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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Meg get for selling a dead raccoon to a bait shop?
(a) $10.
(b) $22.
(c) $6.
(d) $35.

2. Why does Peggy not want to go to a judge to get a divorce?
(a) Fear of publicity.
(b) Fear of losing custody.
(c) Fear of Lee’s temper.
(d) Shame for her childrearing.

3. How does the narrator say Byrdie and his friends felt after they spent a night in New York city with a 35-year-old woman?
(a) Cooler.
(b) Younger.
(c) Older.
(d) Wiser.

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

5. What keeps the students at Stillwater College from swimming in the lake that borders the college?
(a) Toxic chemicals.
(b) Leeches.
(c) Bacteria.
(d) Alligators.

6. How does Karen characterize Temple’s role in her life?
(a) Boyfriend.
(b) Bête noir.
(c) Best friend.
(d) Partner in crime.

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

8. What excuse does Peggy use for getting Karen Brown’s birth certificate?
(a) A research project.
(b) Helping the Browns request benefits.
(c) A town survey.
(d) Helping the Browns with back taxes.

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

10. What did Lee get instead of a salary from Stillwater College?
(a) A travel allowance.
(b) Immunity from sexual harassment complaints.
(c) Control over hiring and firing in the English department.
(d) Money for a literary magazine.

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

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

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

14. How does Lee console himself after he finds that Byrdie’s perfections make him feel bad about himself?
(a) By riding a horse into the woods.
(b) By getting ice cream.
(c) By shopping.
(d) By swimming in the lake.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says that Lee and Byrdie look like advertisements for shirts and baby food: what does she say Peggy looks like?

2. Where is Peggy Vaillaincourt from?

3. What does Lee turn to when he feels washed up in poetry?

4. What two character traits does Byrdie manage to combine in high school?

5. How many meetings did it take for Lomax and Meg to be “intimate friends” (70)?

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