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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 is the effect of Meg’s discourse, in her feminist encounter group, on the relativity of gender?
(a) The women are aghast.
(b) The women are fascinated.
(c) The women are hostile.
(d) The women are aroused.

2. What does the narrator say provided Temple’s mother Dee’s “one authentic encounter with the supernatural” (139)?
(a) Gin and tonics.
(b) Meg and Lomax’ drugs.
(c) Ham biscuits.
(d) Driving lessons with Karen.

3. How does the narrator characterize Byrdie’s college vision of life?
(a) A dream of total orchestration.
(b) A pipe dream of harmony.
(c) A fantasy of feudal power.
(d) A nightmare of control.

4. Which of Kipling’s works influenced Byrdie’s choice of major?
(a) If.
(b) The Seven Seas.
(c) The Jungle Book.
(d) Captains Courageous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Byrdie say his purpose is, after a year of school?

2. What does Temple say he saw on Lee’s face when Lee realized that Karen was his daughter?

3. How troubled does the narrator say Byrdie is about his indictment for felony charges of distribution of hard drugs?

4. What does Karen remember Byrdie pairing intelligence with?

5. What is Meg’s take on the controversy about school funding?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Byrdie meet Karen at Thetan House?

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

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

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

10. What is the outcome of the court scene?

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