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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Byrdie go with his friends on a chartered jet?
(a) New York for the museums.
(b) Key West for scuba diving.
(c) Savannah for fishing.
(d) DC for a rally.

2. How does Lee console himself after he finds that Byrdie’s perfections make him feel bad about himself?
(a) By getting ice cream.
(b) By shopping.
(c) By swimming in the lake.
(d) By riding a horse into the woods.

3. What causes Peggy to drive Lee’s VW Thing into the lake?
(a) A fight in which he insults her.
(b) A fight in which he hits her.
(c) His affair with her friend.
(d) His destruction of her pottery.

4. What two character traits does Byrdie manage to combine in high school?
(a) Thespian and engineer.
(b) Weird and popular.
(c) Nerdy and athletic.
(d) Outing club and chess club member.

5. How does Karen characterize Temple’s role in her life?
(a) Best friend.
(b) Boyfriend.
(c) Bête noir.
(d) Partner in crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lee say all poems are about?

2. What is the first method Meg finds for making money?

3. What was the response to the missing person ad Lee ran?

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

5. Why does the narrator say people came to visit Stillwater College from all over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lee Fleming’s background?

2. How does Lee suppress the mutiny on the board of the Stillwater Review?

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

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

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

6. What is Peggy Vaillaincourt’s background?

7. What is Lomax’ background?

8. How does Mireille end up as Karen Brown?

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

10. What does the narrator say is Byrd Flemings social status in high school?

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