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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Meg say Karen knows about her “business dealings” (203)?
(a) She knows what they’re selling, but not the volumes.
(b) Nothing whatsoever.
(c) She has suspicions, but has never confirmed them.
(d) She knows the general picture, but not specifics.

2. Where does the narrator say Karen’s “common-sensical, matter-of-fact way of approaching things” comes from (160)?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Passivity.
(c) Patience.
(d) Genius.

3. What major does Byrdie expect to sign up for when he arrives at the University of Virginia?
(a) Business.
(b) Music.
(c) English.
(d) Engineering.

4. When does Karen get the nickname Shadow?
(a) In a restaurant lot at night.
(b) In bed with Temple.
(c) In a shooting range.
(d) During driving lessons.

5. What choice does the narrator say Lee had given Peggy before she moved out?
(a) Institutionalization or divorce.
(b) Submission or warfare.
(c) Separation or abuse.
(d) Therapy or eviction.

6. What doers the narrator say the call for better school facilities is a front for?
(a) Re-segregating the schools.
(b) Pushing out black families.
(c) More construction.
(d) Increasing the value of investment properties.

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

8. What is the Thetan House known for at University of Virginia?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Sports.
(c) Ultimate Frisbee.
(d) Music.

9. When Meg looks in the mirror in Chapter Eight, what part of her fills her with lust?
(a) Her arms.
(b) Her shoulders.
(c) Her legs.
(d) Her abdomen.

10. In Chapter Ten, what does Meg tell she feels like she is raising, in Karen?
(a) An iguana.
(b) A horse.
(c) A bird of paradise.
(d) A kitten.

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

12. How long after the Thetan House Halloween party does Meg read Karen’s letter about that night?
(a) Five days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three days.

13. What conclusion does Meg come to when the truck driver who recognizes her dies in a wreck?
(a) That God is looking out for her.
(b) That she will always survive.
(c) That knowledge has consequences.
(d) That she is not in control.

14. What one thing does Lee say made the “South go away overnight” (133).
(a) Indoor plumbing.
(b) The highway system.
(c) The Internet.
(d) Air conditioning.

15. Where does the narrator say the women’s knowledge comes from in the feminist encounter group?
(a) Experiences in Richmond.
(b) Men.
(c) TV.
(d) Ms. magazine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Karen and Temple go to Byrdie’s party as?

3. Which poet previously owned the jacket Temple has borrowed from Byrdie?

4. Where does the narrator say that pre-trial hearings unofficially take place?

5. Why does the district attorney feel he owes Byrdie a debt of gratitude?

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