3. For how long was Peggy fixated on sleeping with Lee?
(a) Two or three months.
(b) Three years.
(c) A month.
(d) A year and a half.

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

5. Who does Peggy think poets resemble?
(a) Morticians.
(b) Bookkeepers.
(c) Street people.
(d) Surgeons.

6. What famous author does Lee turn to, in Peggy’s absence?
(a) Ovid.
(b) Montaigne.
(c) Milton.
(d) Shakespeare.

7. What is the only sound Peggy hears at night when she and Karen move into the shack?
(a) Trucks on the highway.
(b) Bullfrogs.
(c) Pine needles in the breeze.
(d) Crickets.

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

9. Where does Byrdie go with his friends on a chartered jet?
(a) Key West for scuba diving.
(b) New York for the museums.
(c) DC for a rally.
(d) Savannah for fishing.

10. What does Meg tell Karen to do if anyone ever calls her ‘the N-word’?
(a) Leave.
(b) Tell a teacher.
(c) Turn her back.
(d) Hit them in the nose.

11. How much does Meg have in her emergency fund at the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $10.
(c) $100.
(d) $10,000.

12. What is the high point of Temple’s birthday parties?
(a) The clown.
(b) The swimming.
(c) The piñata.
(d) The cake.

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

14. What was the main building of Stillwater College before it was a college?
(a) An army barracks.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A retirement home.
(d) A plantation.

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