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How I Learned to Drive | Quiz

Paula Vogel
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How I Learned to Drive | Quiz

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1)

How old is Grandma when she marries? (from Part 3)

17.
16.
15.
14.
2)

What does Li'l Bit do the night before the last scene? (from Part 7)

Checks in with her family.
Fills the tank and checks the oil and tires.
Takes out money from the bank.
Gets drunk.
3)

Where does Li'l Bit receive her first driving lesson at? (from Part 3)

The Beltsville Agricultural Farms parking lot.
In front of her house.
At her grandparent's house.
On rural Maryland roads.
4)

Li'l Bit asks her mother and grandmother something about sex, but receives conflicting answers. What does she ask? (from Part 3)

Whether they like sex.
What age she should be for sex.
Whether she should have sex.
Whether sex for the first time hurts.
5)

Why does Peck refer to the car as a she? (from Part 3)

Habit.
Because he's controlling it.
Because it responds to his touch.
Because it's beautiful.
6)

How many times is Li'l Bit asked to dance at the sock hop? (from Part 4)

Two.
Three.
One.
Four.
7)

What time is it during the last scene? (from Part 7)

Midnight.
2:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m.
5:00 a.m.
8)

What does the older Li'l Bit find herself believing in that the younger self never believes in? (from Part 7)

Hatred and revenge.
Love and hope.
Family and forgiveness.
Dreams and happiness.
9)

When the boy who asks Li'l Bit to dance is standing, where is his head level to? (from Part 4)

Li'l Bit's nose.
Li'l Bit's shoulders.
He looks over Li'l Bit's head.
Li'l's Bit's chest.
10)

Li'l Bit refers her first lesson as the "initiation into a boy's first love." What is this first love? (from Part 3)

Toys.
Sex.
Cars.
Mothers.
11)

Who is in the Philadelphia hotel room? (from Part 6)

Peck and Aunt Mary.
Just Li'l Bit.
Li'l Bit and a boyfriend.
Peck and Li'l Bit.
12)

Where is Aunt Mary when Li'l Bit is in the basement with Peck? (from Part 4)

National Theatre matinee.
At her parent's home.
At work.
Shopping.
13)

According to Peck, how are women taught to drive? (from Part 3)

With aggression.
With politeness.
With daring.
With confidence.
14)

Sometimes Li'l Bit seeks Peck as what? (from Part 6)

Flying Dutchman.
A soldier.
A free spirit.
Wise uncle.
15)

When does Li'l Bit begin moving away from the Men, Sex, and Women scene? (from Part 3)

When the singing starts.
When Big Papa enters the scene.
When the driver's education voice speaks.
When her mother and grandmother argue.
16)

Who is Aunt Mary talking to when she talks about her husband after the photography session? (from Part 5)

Audience.
A neighbor.
Her mother.
Her sister.
17)

How long does it take Peck to drink himself to death? (from Part 6)

Seven years.
Three years.
One year.
Five years.
18)

Li'l Bit offers to meet with Peck once a week to talk, as long as he agrees to what? (from Part 5)

Let her pick the place.
Let her drive.
Not drink.
Not touch her.
19)

Where are Peck's hands during Li'l Bit's first driving lesson? (from Part 7)

On the steering wheel.
On her breasts.
Over her hands.
At his side.
20)

As Li'l Bit fine tunes the radio, she hears Orbison's "Sweet Dreams" or what song? (from Part 7)

"You're Sixteen".
"Dedicated to the One I Love".
"Little Surfer Girl".
"Come Back When You Grow Up, Girl".
21)

Who asks Li'l Bit to dance at the sock hop? (from Part 4)

Steve.
Jerome.
Mark.
Greg.
22)

What is Peck's mood while doing the dishes after the holiday dinner? (from Part 5)

Quiet and brooding.
Happy and singing.
Angry and silent.
Talkative and a little drunk.
23)

What does Peck keep in his basement? (from Part 4)

A workshop.
A bed.
His camera equipment.
A television.
24)

What does Aunt Mary plan to do when Peck comes home and sits beside her on the couch in the evening? (from Part 5)

Watch TV.
Read.
Sew.
Talk.
25)

Who does Li'l Bit meet on the long bus ride to Upstate New York? (from Part 3)

A senior from Walt Whitman High.
An older man who seduces her.
A boy she goes to school with.
A relative that she hasn't seen for some time.
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