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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 suppress the insurrection among the Stillwater Review editorial board?

2. Which poets was Lee drawn to?

3. How does the narrator say Lee’s house is regarded among Byrdie’s friends?

4. Where did Lee Fleming go to college?

5. Where is Mislaid set?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the construction of Stillwater Lake?

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

3. What is Byrdie’s effect on his classmates in high school?

4. How does the narrator characterize Karen’s memories of her brother and her life at Lee’s house?

5. What is the house like where Meg and Karen take refuge?

6. How does Meg pass herself and Karen off as black?

7. What is Lee Fleming’s background?

8. What is Peggy’s role as faculty wife like?

9. How would you explain the humor of Mislaid?

10. What is the basis of Lee and Peggy’s attraction?

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

Evaluate the ending of Mislaid. Does it ring true to you? Does it successfully resolve the problems and tensions that preceded it? What would you change, if anything? What are you left wishing for closure on, if anything?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways is Mislaid a good example of gay and lesbian literature? In what ways is it not a good example?

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