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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Peck refer to the car as a she?
(a) Because it's beautiful.
(b) Because he's controlling it.
(c) Because it responds to his touch.
(d) Habit.

2. What does Grandma think is something that her daughters make up?
(a) Rhythm method.
(b) G force.
(c) Orgasm.
(d) The Easter bunny.

3. Who does Li'l Bit meet on the long bus ride to Upstate New York?
(a) A boy she goes to school with.
(b) A senior from Walt Whitman High.
(c) A relative that she hasn't seen for some time.
(d) An older man who seduces her.

4. According to Mother, when a lady drinks, she should never get what?
(a) Tipsy.
(b) Sloppy.
(c) Gay.
(d) Drink like a man.

5. What does the night of the first scene make a middle-aged man with a mortgage feel like?
(a) A kid.
(b) A frisky young man.
(c) A country boy.
(d) An old man.

6. Who says: "Sometimes to tell a secret, you first have to teach a lesson"?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Peck.
(c) Mother.
(d) Li'l Bit.

7. Where does Li'l Bit and Peck have a celebration dinner at in 1968?
(a) A fancy restaurant in Baltimore.
(b) An elegant New York restaurant.
(c) At his home.
(d) An inn on the Eastern shore.

8. How long has the restaurant that Li'l Bit and Peck are dining at been open?
(a) Since the 1700s.
(b) 100 years.
(c) Since the 17th century.
(d) 1 year.

9. What sound cuts off the music in the first scene?
(a) The driver's education film.
(b) Li'l Bit's voice.
(c) The sound of a far away train.
(d) A revving car.

10. "How I Learned to Drive" can best be described as what type of literary work?
(a) Novella.
(b) Novel.
(c) Short story.
(d) Play.

11. What does Peck recommend for dinner at the fancy restaurant on the Eastern Shore?
(a) Lobster.
(b) A dozen oysters and the crab imperial.
(c) Seafood platter.
(d) Steak.

12. How does Li'l Bit hold the steering wheel?
(a) At the nine and three o'clock position.
(b) At the eight and two o'clock position.
(c) With her knees.
(d) With one hand.

13. Who says that Boy Scouts are horny?
(a) Peck.
(b) Lit's Bit's mother.
(c) Grandma.
(d) Li'l Bit.

14. What is the name of the county where Peck grows up?
(a) Washington.
(b) Merry.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Horry.

15. What does the parking lot overlook?
(a) The Beltsville Agricultural Farms.
(b) Peck's home.
(c) Li'l Bit's school.
(d) The Department of Agriculture office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action causes Li'l Bit to comment on Peck's dexterity?

2. When the countryside is dotted with farmhouses, what do people witness from their front porches?

3. In the first scene, what road is less than a mile away?

4. What college course does Li'l Bit tell her family about?

5. Which of the Greek chorus speak for Grandmother?

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