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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. In Story Five, when the narrator, Schwartz, and Flick hitchhike home from school, who picks them up?

2. How does the narrator get to the Bigelow family's neighborhood?

3. After the prom dance, Schwartz and the narrator take their dates to the Rooster where, trying to impress, they order what?

4. During what holiday do we find the narrator at the start of Story 7?

5. What happens to the goodnight kiss between Wanda and the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator's date with Daphne end?

2. What does the narrator compare the prom to?

3. How does the narrator feel after looking through his box of childhood treasures?

4. How does the narrator's date with Josephine end?

5. Describe how the narrator prepares for his date with Daphne.

6. Describe the narrator's experience as he waits for Josephine to finish getting ready for their date.

7. Describe Daphne's and the narrator's date.

8. What impression does the narrator make on Mr. Bigelow, Daphne's dad?

9. What conflict exists for the narrator regarding the night of the party that he's invited to by Josephine?

10. Describe some of the pre-prom rituals.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the narrator's expectations of his date with Josie and the reality of how the date turns out. What lessons does he learn through this experience? How does he behave after this date? What mistakes will he probably not make again?

Essay Topic 2

The book's time line covers the narrator's childhood and teen years. How does the narrator change, develop, and grow from the beginning to the end of the book? In what ways do the stories evolve? In what instances does the author seem to act about the same as a teenager as he did as a child?

Essay Topic 3

As a young person, the narrator spends a great deal of time living in his world of daydreams and imagination. How does the reality of his life compare to the world of his imagination? How do his daydreams serve him when reality is full of disappointments?

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