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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 Peggy characterize the poets who come to visit Lee?

2. What does the narrator says that the ruling class is made up of?

3. Why does Meg refuse to work as a waitress?

4. What makes Lee think that the girl he sees in the parking lot is his daughter?

5. Which famous writer’s footsteps does Peggy see herself following in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Lee’s private investigator ultimately give up his search for Peggy?

4. What is Lomax’ background?

5. What does Karen do to raise funds to live on?

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

7. How would you explain the humor of Mislaid?

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

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

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

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

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the profanities and explicit scenes in Mislaid? Are they risky? Do they add more to the book than they lose in risk?

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