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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Karen characterize Temple’s role in her life?
(a) Best friend.
(b) Partner in crime.
(c) Boyfriend.
(d) Bête noir.

3. What is Lomax’ father’s hobby?
(a) Building ships in bottles.
(b) Bird watching.
(c) Chipmunk watching.
(d) Finding psychedelic mushrooms.

4. What is the style of the house Lee lives in near Stillwater College?
(a) Gothic.
(b) Modern.
(c) Victorian.
(d) Restoration.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lee say all poems are about?

2. What famous author does Lee turn to, in Peggy’s absence?

3. What does Meg say she is not willing to do in order to get good clothes for Karen?

4. What is Meg’s requirement for her career?

5. What is Peggy’s father’s line of work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the narrator see Mireille’s “spiritual kinship” with Lee (86)?

2. How does Lee embarrass himself when he thinks he sees Mickey?

3. How does Lee’s poetry change as his con grows up?

4. How does the narrator know Meg is burdened by the lies she tells Karen?

5. How would you explain the humor of Mislaid?

6. How does Mireille end up as Karen Brown?

7. What is Byrdie’s effect on his classmates in high school?

8. What was it that caused Lee’s “irreplaceable VW Thing” to end up in the lake (29)?

9. How does the narrator describe the construction of Stillwater Lake?

10. What is the basis of Lee and Peggy’s attraction?

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