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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 Temple see himself once he starts at UVA?

2. Which poet previously owned the jacket Temple has borrowed from Byrdie?

3. What do Meg and Lomax discover they have been selling all this time, when they thought it was cocaine?

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

5. What is Lee’s reaction when Byrdie shows him his poetry?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Lomax and Flea react when Meg tells them that she is really Lee Fleming’s wife?

2. What writing advice does Luke give Meg?

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

4. What does Dee say about race and cooking, when she visits Temple and Dee at UVA?

5. How does Meg finally make her breakthrough as a writer?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Byrdie meet Karen at Thetan House?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What topics would you like to research further, after reading Mislaid? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on Mislaid.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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