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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does Luke teach?
(a) UVA.
(b) CUNY.
(c) UNC.
(d) Columbia.
2. What are the members of Thetan House smoking when Temple and Karen arrive?
(a) Crack.
(b) Hash.
(c) Opium.
(d) Clove cigarettes.
3. What is the Thetan House known for at University of Virginia?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Music.
(c) Sports.
(d) Ultimate Frisbee.
4. Where does Temple go to take refuge when Flea and Karen arouse him?
(a) His happy place.
(b) The sheltering sky.
(c) He has a drink.
(d) His room.
5. What is Meg’s reaction to Luke’s ignorance about Virginia culture?
(a) She wants to cook Luke a homemade meal.
(b) She wants to jump out of the car.
(c) She wants to lecture her about manners.
(d) She wants to bring Luke home and live with her.
6. Why does Meg say Temple makes her feel like a mother?
(a) Because he takes her for granted.
(b) Because he does not listen to her.
(c) Because he has no common sense.
(d) Because he always wants rides.
7. Who does Temple suggest setting Meg up with?
(a) Flea.
(b) Lomax.
(c) The District Attorney.
(d) The Seal.
8. Where does the narrator say Karen’s “common-sensical, matter-of-fact way of approaching things” comes from (160)?
(a) Genius.
(b) Patience.
(c) Passivity.
(d) Confusion.
9. What does Byrdie say his purpose is, after a year of school?
(a) To earn a good woman’s trust.
(b) To distinguish himself with his accomplishments.
(c) To serve his community’s needs.
(d) To profit himself and his family.
10. What does the narrator say is the ideal student like at UVA?
(a) Someone who passed out drunk regularly, and still makes good grades.
(b) Someone whose parents can get them out of any trouble whatsoever.
(c) Someone who drinks in moderation, gets sufficient grades, and has fascinating activities.
(d) Someone who can be drunk and not show it.
11. What doers the narrator say the call for better school facilities is a front for?
(a) Re-segregating the schools.
(b) More construction.
(c) Increasing the value of investment properties.
(d) Pushing out black families.
12. What was it that got the Cockpit bar shut down?
(a) Attention from a journalist.
(b) A series of drug busts.
(c) A sting operation.
(d) A vice squad.
13. Where does the narrator say that pre-trial hearings unofficially take place?
(a) The country club.
(b) The sauna at the gym.
(c) The golf course.
(d) On a sailboat in the ocean.
14. How troubled does the narrator say Byrdie is about his indictment for felony charges of distribution of hard drugs?
(a) Not at all troubled.
(b) Nervously amused.
(c) Profoundly anxious.
(d) Only a little worried.
15. Which poet previously owned the jacket Temple has borrowed from Byrdie?
(a) Mark Strand.
(b) Charles Simic.
(c) Billy Collins.
(d) Phil Levine.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Meg characterize the acquisition of womanhood?
2. What is Byrdie playing on his ukulele when Karen and Temple show up at Thetan House?
3. What does Meg suggest giving up drug dealing for?
4. How does Lee handle the topic of Byrdie’s case over the holidays at his parents’ house?
5. What is Meg’s breakthrough play about?
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