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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lee pull out of the parking lot after he thinks he sees Mireille?

2. How did Lomax get certified as unemployable?

3. What is Lomax’ father’s hobby?

4. Where does Lee go looking for Peggy?

5. What two character traits does Byrdie manage to combine in high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say is Byrd Flemings social status in high school?

2. How does the narrator know Meg is burdened by the lies she tells Karen?

3. How well does Karen fare in such a limited, impoverished environment?

4. What kind of efforts does Lee make to find Peggy and Mireille?

5. How has the history of the integration of schools affected Temple’s family’s education?

6. What is the house like, where Lee lives?

7. How does Zink describe Mireille’s relationship with her father?

8. What is Lee Fleming’s background?

9. How would you explain the humor of Mislaid?

10. Why does Peggy flee from Lee’s house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of Mislaid—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the most important plot points in Mislaid. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?

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