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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say makes Peggy’s house like the Mekong Delta?
(a) The undergrowth.
(b) The bug situation.
(c) The flooding.
(d) The hostile neighbors.

2. How does Meg describe Karen’s father to the feminist encounter group?
(a) A docent.
(b) An audiologist.
(c) A linguist.
(d) An entomologist.

3. What are Karen and Temple looking for when they run into Byrdie?
(a) Drinks.
(b) A friend.
(c) A bathroom.
(d) The exit.

4. What is the social change that ultimately causes Meg and Karen to move out of their shack?
(a) Mass mobilization.
(b) Demobilization.
(c) White flight.
(d) Gentrification.

5. In Chapter Nine, what part of the evening does Temple want to keep secret?
(a) Karen doing drugs.
(b) Him soiling his pants.
(c) Having seen so many drugs.
(d) Him losing track of Karen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karen’s Christmas wish make Peggy want?

2. How does Dee characterize white people’s food?

3. When do Meg and Karen move into the housing development?

4. What is Meg’s take on the controversy about school funding?

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

(see the answer key)

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