View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Nine, what part of the evening does Temple want to keep secret?
(a) Him losing track of Karen.
(b) Him soiling his pants.
(c) Karen doing drugs.
(d) Having seen so many drugs.

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

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

4. What does the DA find the Byrdie case is an exercise in?
(a) Frustration.
(b) Wit.
(c) Strategy.
(d) Patience.

5. What reason do Karen and Temple give for not coming out of Karen’s room much over the holidays?
(a) Reading.
(b) Independent studies.
(c) Meditating.
(d) Homework.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Temple suggest setting Meg up with?

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

3. How long after the Thetan House Halloween party does Meg read Karen’s letter about that night?

4. How does Lee handle the topic of Byrdie’s case over the holidays at his parents’ house?

5. What do Meg and Lomax discover they have been selling all this time, when they thought it was cocaine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the outcome of the court scene?

2. Why is Meg more afraid than comforted when she meets Diane, whom she identifies as another lesbian?

3. How does the narrator characterize the secret society Byrdie joins at the University of Virginia?

4. What is the sheltering sky, and what does it mean to Temple?

5. What are Byrdie’s plans for a major and a career in the beginning of his time at college?

6. What is the career opportunity that opens up for Meg when Lomax meets the man known as “the Seal” (116)?

7. What are Meg’s three fears about getting caught dealing drugs?

8. How does Meg finally make her breakthrough as a writer?

9. What does Dee say about race and cooking, when she visits Temple and Dee at UVA?

10. How do Byrdie and Mike end up talking with the police after the party?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,104 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample