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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. What does the narrator say provided Temple’s mother Dee’s “one authentic encounter with the supernatural” (139)?
(a) Driving lessons with Karen.
(b) Ham biscuits.
(c) Meg and Lomax’ drugs.
(d) Gin and tonics.

2. What does Meg say Karen knows about her “business dealings” (203)?
(a) She knows what they’re selling, but not the volumes.
(b) She knows the general picture, but not specifics.
(c) She has suspicions, but has never confirmed them.
(d) Nothing whatsoever.

3. What is the punch spiked with at the Thetan House Halloween party?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Grain alcohol.
(d) Gin.

4. What major does Byrdie expect to sign up for when he arrives at the University of Virginia?
(a) English.
(b) Music.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Business.

5. What does Meg realize when she strips down in front of the mirror in Chapter Eight?
(a) That she is beautiful.
(b) That she is butch.
(c) That she is curvy.
(d) That she is a femme.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Lomax and Meg end up founding the Squirrel Conservation Association?

2. How does Luke characterize Meg’s authorial personality?

3. What choice does the narrator say Lee had given Peggy before she moved out?

4. How does the truck driver who recognized Meg from Stillwater College die?

5. What book spills out of Temples pocket when the cop harasses him with Meg?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the sheltering sky, and what does it mean to Temple?

3. How do Lomax and Meg skate by when a local cocaine bust does not touch them?

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

5. How did Karen get the nickname “Shadow” (139)?

6. How does Meg manage to get by when someone from Fleming Oil recognizes her and connects her to Lee?

7. What is the career opportunity that opens up for Meg when Lomax meets the man known as “the Seal” (116)?

8. How does the narrator characterize the secret society Byrdie joins at the University of Virginia?

9. How does Byrdie meet Karen at Thetan House?

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

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