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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grandma blame for her crippled shoulders?
(a) Big Papa.
(b) Never having a decent bra.
(c) Childbirth.
(d) Old age.

2. What type of car do Li'l Bit and Peck sit in during the first scene?
(a) Cadillac El Dorado.
(b) Oldsmobile Cutlass.
(c) Ford Mustang.
(d) Buick Riviera.

3. What does Li'l Bit's hair smell like?
(a) The outdoors.
(b) Herbal Essence shampoo.
(c) Cigarette smoke.
(d) Perfume.

4. How fast can Peck's favorite car go from 0 to 60?
(a) 8.9 seconds.
(b) 10.2 seconds.
(c) 7.8 seconds.
(d) 9.6 seconds

5. What happens when the Greek chorus unfreezes after the argument as the mother and grandmother?
(a) They begin singing in harmony.
(b) They leave the stage.
(c) They begin dancing.
(d) They begin arguing.

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

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

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

9. What represents the car in the first scene?
(a) Two people standing with knees bent.
(b) A car windshield.
(c) Two chairs facing forward.
(d) A cardboard cutout that looks like a car.

10. Who is waiting for Big Papa with a broom?
(a) Mother.
(b) Grandma.
(c) Aunt Lily.
(d) Li'l Bit.

11. Li'l Bit refers her first lesson as the "initiation into a boy's first love." What is this first love?
(a) Toys.
(b) Sex.
(c) Cars.
(d) Mothers.

12. Who is sixteen before realizing that pedophilia does not mean people who like to ride bicycles?
(a) Mother.
(b) Li'l Bit.
(c) Big Papa.
(d) Peck.

13. What is serious business to Peck?
(a) Having sex.
(b) Spending time with Li'l Bit.
(c) Serving in the military.
(d) Driving a car.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is taking Li'l Bit to the prom?

2. Who does Li'l Bit meet on the long bus ride to Upstate New York?

3. In the middle of the Men, Sex, and Women scene, there is a temporary time shift to what year?

4. What gender does Li'l Bit decide to use when referring to the car?

5. What does Peck say that he lives all week for?

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