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

2. What is Lee’s reaction when Byrdie shows him his poetry?
(a) He disavows him.
(b) He promotes him.
(c) He celebrates him.
(d) He criticizes him.

3. How is it that Temple ends up with his head in Karen’s lap and his feet in Flea’s hands?
(a) He passes out in the heat.
(b) He sprains his ankle.
(c) He trips on a root and injures his knee.
(d) He falls off a deck.

4. What does Meg realize when she strips down in front of the mirror in Chapter Eight?
(a) That she is curvy.
(b) That she is butch.
(c) That she is a femme.
(d) That she is beautiful.

5. When does Karen get the nickname Shadow?
(a) In bed with Temple.
(b) During driving lessons.
(c) In a shooting range.
(d) In a restaurant lot at night.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What mythical symbol does Karen say she and Temple make when they make love?

3. What are Karen and Temple looking for when they run into Byrdie?

4. Where does the narrator say that pre-trial hearings unofficially take place?

5. What is Meg’s “feminist encounter group” talking about when she shows up (111)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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