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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lee do with Peggy’s things after she leaves?
(a) Saves them in storage.
(b) Sends them to her parents.
(c) Throws them out.
(d) Donates them to the college.

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

3. What is Lomax Hunter’s racial background?
(a) White.
(b) Descendent of slaves.
(c) Mattaponi Indian.
(d) Mixed-race descendent of blacks, whites and Natives.

4. Why does the narrator say people came to visit Stillwater College from all over?
(a) The remarkable food.
(b) The beautiful vistas.
(c) The infamous parties.
(d) The famous poet.

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

6. 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) Wiser.
(b) Older.
(c) Younger.
(d) Cooler.

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

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

9. How many meetings did it take for Lomax and Meg to be “intimate friends” (70)?
(a) One.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) A dozen.

10. What does Meg say she is not willing to do in order to get good clothes for Karen?
(a) Pay full price.
(b) Go to church.
(c) Shop at Salvation Army stores.
(d) Sort through tag sales.

11. What does Lee say all poems are about?
(a) The inevitability of resurrection.
(b) The difficulty of carrying experience.
(c) The act of reading.
(d) The process of dying.

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

13. How does Lee pull out of the parking lot after he thinks he sees Mireille?
(a) At a miserable crawl.
(b) In reverse.
(c) At full speed.
(d) Blindly.

14. What is Meg’s requirement for her career?
(a) Not having to talk to anyone.
(b) Not having to have a college degree.
(c) Not having to leave the house.
(d) Not needing to use math.

15. What does Peggy make Karen wear in the woods around their house?
(a) An orange cap.
(b) Sunglasses.
(c) Bug spray.
(d) A sweater.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Peggy not want to go to a judge to get a divorce?

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

3. When does Lee date the rise of fashion to at Stillwater College?

4. Where does Byrdie go with his friends on a chartered jet?

5. Who does Peggy think poets resemble?

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