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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is Mislaid set?
(a) Maryland.
(b) New York.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Alabama.
2. What was the main building of Stillwater College before it was a college?
(a) A retirement home.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A plantation.
(d) An army barracks.
3. Who was it that got Peggy to see that she was “intended to be a man” (3)?
(a) Her PE teacher Ms. Miller.
(b) Her best friend Debbie.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her baby sitter Susan.
4. What does Peggy make Karen wear in the woods around their house?
(a) A sweater.
(b) Sunglasses.
(c) An orange cap.
(d) Bug spray.
5. What does Meg tell Karen to do if anyone ever calls her ‘the N-word’?
(a) Leave.
(b) Turn her back.
(c) Tell a teacher.
(d) Hit them in the nose.
6. When does Peggy feel most beautiful?
(a) In private.
(b) In her debutante gown.
(c) In her rugby shirt.
(d) In her sweatshirt.
7. What does Lee do with Peggy’s things after she leaves?
(a) Sends them to her parents.
(b) Throws them out.
(c) Donates them to the college.
(d) Saves them in storage.
8. How much does Meg have in her emergency fund at the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) $100.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $10.
9. What does Lee say all poems are about?
(a) The difficulty of carrying experience.
(b) The inevitability of resurrection.
(c) The act of reading.
(d) The process of dying.
10. What does Karen’s Christmas wish make Peggy want?
(a) A good lawyer.
(b) A family.
(c) Prestige.
(d) Money.
11. What is Byrdie’s name?
(a) Rhys.
(b) Harry.
(c) Mortimer.
(d) Favreau.
12. Where does Lee go looking for Peggy?
(a) Reston.
(b) Fairfax.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Fredericksburg.
13. Where does Byrdie get drunk for the first time?
(a) At school.
(b) At a steeplechase.
(c) In a museum.
(d) In a canoe.
14. Why does Peggy not want to go to a judge to get a divorce?
(a) Shame for her childrearing.
(b) Fear of Lee’s temper.
(c) Fear of publicity.
(d) Fear of losing custody.
15. Where did Lee Fleming go to college?
(a) Provincetown.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) New York.
(d) San Francisco.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Karen’s real name?
2. Which famous writer’s footsteps does Peggy see herself following in?
3. How many meetings did it take for Lomax and Meg to be “intimate friends” (70)?
4. Which poets was Lee drawn to?
5. How old is the newspaper Peggy finds on the shelves in the shack she takes Karen to?
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