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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which famous writer’s footsteps does Peggy see herself following in?
(a) Charlotte Brontë.
(b) Kate Chopin.
(c) Edith Wharton.
(d) Jane Austen.

4. 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.

5. What is Lomax’ father’s hobby?
(a) Bird watching.
(b) Chipmunk watching.
(c) Building ships in bottles.
(d) Finding psychedelic mushrooms.

6. 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.

7. What does the narrator say makes Peggy’s house like the Mekong Delta?
(a) The undergrowth.
(b) The bug situation.
(c) The flooding.
(d) The hostile neighbors.

8. What does the narrator says that the ruling class is made up of?
(a) Dilettantes.
(b) Professionals.
(c) Sissies.
(d) Surgeons.

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

10. How does Lee’s AIDS scare start?
(a) With loss of appetite.
(b) With a rash of sores.
(c) With a letter from an old lover.
(d) With a fever.

11. What is Peggy’s father’s line of work?
(a) Truck driver.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Priest.

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

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

14. How does the narrator characterize Byrdie’s prose in his papers for school?
(a) As dry as he could make it.
(b) Flowery and romantic.
(c) Loquacious and verbose.
(d) Erudite and technical.

15. How does the narrator say Lee’s house is regarded among Byrdie’s friends?
(a) Xanadu.
(b) Never never land.
(c) Timbuktu.
(d) Oz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Peggy think poets resemble?

2. How does Lee pull out of the parking lot after he thinks he sees Mireille?

3. Where does Byrdie get drunk for the first time?

4. How much does Meg get for selling a dead raccoon to a bait shop?

5. When does Peggy feel most beautiful?

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