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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 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.

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

3. What does the narrator say the newcomers want the PTA to do?
(a) Lower property taxes.
(b) Integrate schools.
(c) Segregate schools.
(d) Build a new school.

4. What are the members of Thetan House smoking when Temple and Karen arrive?
(a) Hash.
(b) Opium.
(c) Clove cigarettes.
(d) Crack.

5. What does Temple say he saw on Lee’s face when Lee realized that Karen was his daughter?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Lust.
(c) Unconditional love.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What one thing does Lee say made the “South go away overnight” (133).

2. How does Byrdie dispose of the drugs at Thetan House?

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. When Meg looks in the mirror in Chapter Eight, what part of her fills her with lust?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes lead Meg and Karen to leave their shack and move to a housing development?

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

3. What is the outcome of the court scene?

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

5. What causes Meg to reassess her appearance, and what does she find when she does?

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

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

8. How does Meg meet Luke?

9. How did Karen get the nickname “Shadow” (139)?

10. How does Karen end up involved deciphering Temple’s love letters?

(see the answer keys)

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