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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. What kind of writers does Lee start to cultivate after he feels washed-up in poetry?
(a) Novelists.
(b) Literary journalists.
(c) Cookbook authors.
(d) Southern writers.

2. What does Lee spill on his pants when he thinks he sees Mireille in a parking lot?
(a) French fries.
(b) Corn chowder.
(c) Paint.
(d) Books.

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

4. Who is Lee’s bête noir on the Stillwater Review board?
(a) The Amazon.
(b) The geeky girl.
(c) The Maoist.
(d) The phoenix.

5. What does Karen want for Christmas?
(a) A hamburger.
(b) A doll.
(c) A trip to the ocean.
(d) A pony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Peggy to drive Lee’s VW Thing into the lake?

2. How old is the newspaper Peggy finds on the shelves in the shack she takes Karen to?

3. What does Peggy make Karen wear in the woods around their house?

4. How does Lee pull out of the parking lot after he thinks he sees Mireille?

5. What keeps the students at Stillwater College from swimming in the lake that borders the college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Peggy’s role as faculty wife like?

2. What is Lee Fleming’s background?

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

4. What is Peggy’s first meeting with Lee like?

5. How does Meg pass herself and Karen off as black?

6. How does Mireille end up as Karen Brown?

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

8. What does the narrator say is Byrd Flemings social status in high school?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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