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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Peck want Li'l Bit's attention during her driving lesson?
(a) Adjusting the car mirrors.
(b) The road.
(c) The radio.
(d) On him.

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

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

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

6. What does a voice announce as an adult Li'l Bit comes on stage to explain her family's nicknames?
(a) Idling in the Neutral Gear.
(b) Driving in Second Gear.
(c) Driving in Reverse.
(d) Driving in First Gear.

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

8. Li'l Bit's cousin's nickname is what?
(a) B.B.
(b) Bubba.
(c) Big Bobby.
(d) R.R.

9. According to Peck, how are men taught to drive?
(a) With speed.
(b) With daring.
(c) With confidence.
(d) With careful attention to details.

10. What age is Li'l Bit when she first tells the audience about her family?
(a) 17.
(b) An adult.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

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

12. What time of day and season is it when the first scene begins?
(a) A warm summer evening.
(b) A windy spring day.
(c) A calm autumn afternoon.
(d) A stormy winter night.

13. According to Peck, how are women taught to drive?
(a) With confidence.
(b) With aggression.
(c) With politeness.
(d) With daring.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Peck's favorite car?

2. What represents the car in the first scene?

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

4. As the lights dim, what announcement does "How I Learned to Drive" open with?

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

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