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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Meg’s “feminist encounter group” talking about when she shows up (111)?
(a) A course in sex magic.
(b) Women to keep husbands away from.
(c) Sex with black men.
(d) Faking orgasms.

2. What was it that got the Cockpit bar shut down?
(a) A vice squad.
(b) A series of drug busts.
(c) Attention from a journalist.
(d) A sting operation.

3. Why does Meg say Temple makes her feel like a mother?
(a) Because he always wants rides.
(b) Because he takes her for granted.
(c) Because he has no common sense.
(d) Because he does not listen to her.

4. When do Meg and Karen move into the housing development?
(a) When Karen starts sixth grade.
(b) When Karen starts eighth grade.
(c) When Karen starts eleventh grade.
(d) When Karen starts fourth grade.

5. Why does the district attorney feel he owes Byrdie a debt of gratitude?
(a) For making the case so easy.
(b) For letting him show his talents.
(c) For being a high-profile white defendant.
(d) For helping his career.

6. How do Lomax and Meg end up founding the Squirrel Conservation Association?
(a) They are bequeathed the land by the Seal.
(b) They inherit money from Meg’s family.
(c) They want to launder their drug money.
(d) They are invited to be founders with Lomax’ dad.

7. What does Karen remember Byrdie pairing intelligence with?
(a) Protective contempt.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Discrimination.
(d) Dignity.

8. What does the narrator say the newcomers want the PTA to do?
(a) Lower property taxes.
(b) Segregate schools.
(c) Integrate schools.
(d) Build a new school.

9. What is Temple’s career aspiration when he starts UVA?
(a) Diplomat.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Civil rights worker.
(d) Teacher.

10. What is it that causes Dee to raise her expectation for Temple’s college plans from community college to University of Virginia?
(a) His PSATs.
(b) His Affirmative Action status.
(c) His college essay.
(d) His athletic records.

11. What is Meg’s take on the controversy about school funding?
(a) She calls for a new and bigger school.
(b) She advocates socialism.
(c) She advocates subservience to benefactors.
(d) She advocates self-reliance.

12. Where does Meg go after she reads Karen’s letter about the Thetan House Halloween party?
(a) The squirrel refuge.
(b) To see Karen at school.
(c) To her parents’ house.
(d) To see Byrdie.

13. What is the punch spiked with at the Thetan House Halloween party?
(a) Tequila.
(b) Grain alcohol.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Gin.

14. Where does Meg hide her drugs in Chapter Six?
(a) In a pressure cooker.
(b) In her luggage.
(c) Under the bed.
(d) In a ceramic jar.

15. How does Meg prevent the truck driver who recognizes her from Stillwater College to keep quiet?
(a) She bribes him with money.
(b) She bribes him with drugs.
(c) She threatens him.
(d) She kills him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mike want to say was responsible, when he makes his second statement in Chapter Nine?

2. Why does the press conference the prosecutor plans not end up happening?

3. What are Karen and Temple looking for when they run into Byrdie?

4. How does Dee characterize white people’s food?

5. In Chapter Ten, what does Meg say she is probably wanted for?

(see the answer keys)

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