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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 role does Mike want Karen to play in his ritual?
(a) Temple prostitute.
(b) Fertility goddess.
(c) Hanged woman.
(d) The virgin whore.

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

3. What is the initiation ritual for Thetan House like?
(a) Getting laid.
(b) Smoking pot.
(c) Stealing an icon from the college center.
(d) Raiding a sorority.

4. What is Temple’s career aspiration when he starts UVA?
(a) Diplomat.
(b) Civil rights worker.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Surgeon.

5. Why does Meg say Temple makes her feel like a mother?
(a) Because he has no common sense.
(b) Because he does not listen to her.
(c) Because he always wants rides.
(d) Because he takes her for granted.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say provided Temple’s mother Dee’s “one authentic encounter with the supernatural” (139)?

3. What does Mike tell the cops the day after the Thetan House Halloween party?

4. What does Byrdie use to chase the boys out of the room and save Karen from being assaulted?

5. What choice does the narrator say Lee had given Peggy before she moved out?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the case of the drug bust frustrating for the district attorney?

2. What is the outcome of the court scene?

3. How do Lomax and Meg skate by when a local cocaine bust does not touch them?

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

5. What kind of awakening does Temple have when he reads Invisible Man?

6. What is the “holy shit moment” that happens in the courtroom (215)?

7. How does Meg meet Luke?

8. How do Temple and Karen end up going to UVA?

9. What are the costumes Karen and Temple wear to the Halloween party at Thetan House?

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

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