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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peggy make Karen wear in the woods around their house?
(a) Sunglasses.
(b) A sweater.
(c) Bug spray.
(d) An orange cap.

2. How does the narrator characterize the routine Peggy gets into with her new baby?
(a) Leisurely feeding and naps.
(b) Exciting days in the garden.
(c) Exhausting days of colic.
(d) Grinding housework.

3. The narrator says that Lee and Byrdie look like advertisements for shirts and baby food: what does she say Peggy looks like?
(a) The movie star.
(b) Their maintenance man.
(c) The secretary.
(d) The nanny.

4. What is Byrdie’s name?
(a) Harry.
(b) Mortimer.
(c) Rhys.
(d) Favreau.

5. What does Meg tell Karen to do if anyone ever calls her ‘the N-word’?
(a) Tell a teacher.
(b) Hit them in the nose.
(c) Turn her back.
(d) Leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was it that got Peggy to see that she was “intended to be a man” (3)?

2. How does Peggy characterize the poets who come to visit Lee?

3. What does the narrator say makes Peggy’s house like the Mekong Delta?

4. What did Lee get instead of a salary from Stillwater College?

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

(see the answer key)

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