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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. How is it that Temple ends up with his head in Karen’s lap and his feet in Flea’s hands?
(a) He passes out in the heat.
(b) He falls off a deck.
(c) He trips on a root and injures his knee.
(d) He sprains his ankle.

2. What does Temple say he saw on Lee’s face when Lee realized that Karen was his daughter?
(a) Fear.
(b) Unconditional love.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Lust.

3. What does Byrdie join when he gets to University of Virginia?
(a) A squash team.
(b) A secret society.
(c) A fraternity.
(d) A debating society.

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

5. What role does Mike want Karen to play in his ritual?
(a) Hanged woman.
(b) The virgin whore.
(c) Temple prostitute.
(d) Fertility goddess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the initiation ritual for Thetan House like?

2. What is the effect of Meg’s discourse, in her feminist encounter group, on the relativity of gender?

3. What does Byrdie say his purpose is, after a year of school?

4. Where does Meg hide her drugs in Chapter Six?

5. Who does Mike want to say was responsible, when he makes his second statement in Chapter Nine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What writing advice does Luke give Meg?

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

3. What is the “holy shit moment” that happens in the courtroom (215)?

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

5. Why is the case of the drug bust frustrating for the district attorney?

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

7. Why is Meg more afraid than comforted when she meets Diane, whom she identifies as another lesbian?

8. How do Byrdie and Mike end up talking with the police after the party?

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

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

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