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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Li'l Bit's family eating at the family dinner scene?
(a) Gumbo.
(b) Roast.
(c) Spaghetti.
(d) Chicken.

2. Who or what is Li'l Bit's constant companion in her dorm room?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Canadian V.O.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Rich man's daughter.

3. Li'l Bit asks her mother and grandmother something about sex, but receives conflicting answers. What does she ask?
(a) Whether she should have sex.
(b) Whether sex for the first time hurts.
(c) What age she should be for sex.
(d) Whether they like sex.

4. What smells does Li'l Bit describe in the first scene?
(a) Clover, hay, and leather dashboard.
(b) Oil and gas from the car.
(c) Animals and damp soil.
(d) Fresh country air.

5. What does Peck compare Li'l Bit's breasts to?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Treasure.
(c) Two moons.
(d) Cathedrals of Europe.

6. As the lights dim, what announcement does "How I Learned to Drive" open with?
(a) An introduction of the characters.
(b) Li'l Bit taking about secrets.
(c) Safety first - You and Driver Education.
(d) The title of the work.

7. Peck encouraged Li'l Bit to have a drink. What does she order?
(a) Dead Man Screw.
(b) Daiquiri.
(c) Gin and tonic.
(d) Martini.

8. What kind of work does Li'l Bit do when she cannot find it?
(a) Working in a liquor store.
(b) Racing cars.
(c) Factory jobs.
(d) She refuses to work.

9. Who participates in the scene with three generations at the kitchen table?
(a) Li'l Bit, Peck, Grandfather.
(b) Li'l Bit, Aunt Mary, Grandmother.
(c) BB, Peck, Grandfather.
(d) Li'l Bit, Mother, Grandmother.

10. How old is Grandma when she marries?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 14.
(d) 17.

11. Li'l Bit becomes embarrassed when family members talk and joke about her breasts. Who tries to change the subject?
(a) B.B.
(b) Mother.
(c) Aunt Mary.
(d) Peck.

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

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

14. How old is Li'l Bit in the first scene?
(a) 17.
(b) 35.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

15. What play does the following line come from: "The quality of mercy is not strained"?
(a) Much Ado About Nothing.
(b) Merchant of Venice.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Taming of the Shrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peck says that Li'l Bit knows the car inside and out in what length of time?

2. What is Li'l Bit's mother's name?

3. Who is Miss Sponge?

4. According to Peck, how are men taught to drive?

5. The male Greek chorus interacts with Peck and Li'l Bit in what way during their special dinner?

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