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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is it that Temple ends up with his head in Karen’s lap and his feet in Flea’s hands?

2. What role does Mike want Karen to play in his ritual?

3. What is Temple’s career aspiration when he starts UVA?

4. What does Karen remember Byrdie pairing intelligence with?

5. What is the Thetan House known for at University of Virginia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Byrdie meet Karen at Thetan House?

3. What does Dee say about race and cooking, when she visits Temple and Dee at UVA?

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

5. What are the costumes Karen and Temple wear to the Halloween party at Thetan House?

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

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

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

9. How does Meg meet Luke?

10. How does Karen end up involved deciphering Temple’s love letters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Mislaid farce, satire or caricature? Which of these genres is it most comfortable in? In what way might that genre still not fit exactly?

Essay Topic 2

Who is one person who would love this book, and why? Who is one person who would hate this book, and why? What does the book tell you about the people? What do these two people’s judgments tell you about the book?

Essay Topic 3

What are the elements that make Mislaid a Southern novel? How does the South appear in the novel, and what are the Southern traits of the main characters? How do the main characters relate to the South or Southern-ness? Do they embrace it? Repudiate it? Defy it? Endorse it?

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