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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The male Greek chorus interacts with Peck and Li'l Bit in what way during their special dinner?
(a) As a soldier.
(b) As a police officer.
(c) As a waiter.
(d) As Big Papa.

2. What happens to Li'l Bit when the Driver's Education film talks about Vehicle Failure?
(a) She is sick.
(b) The car she is driving stops working.
(c) She is drunk.
(d) She is being molested.

3. Grandma calls her husband a big bull. The characters report that he wants sex how often?
(a) Three times a week.
(b) Weekly.
(c) Daily.
(d) Three times a day.

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

5. What happens with Li'l Bit at school in 1970?
(a) She is kicked out.
(b) She fails her classes.
(c) She quits school.
(d) She makes honor roll.

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

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

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

9. What college course does Li'l Bit tell her family about?
(a) Biology.
(b) Sociology of family.
(c) Behavioral psychology.
(d) Shakespeare.

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

11. 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) What age she should be for sex.
(c) Whether sex for the first time hurts.
(d) Whether they like sex.

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

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

14. What year does the typical family dinner take place?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1974.

15. What are Peck and Li'l Bit celebrating at the special 1968 dinner?
(a) Getting her driver's license.
(b) Getting a scholarship to college.
(c) Graduating from high school.
(d) Her first job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What represents the car in the first scene?

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

3. According to Peck, how are women taught to drive?

4. How does Li'l Bit hold the steering wheel?

5. Who or what is Li'l Bit's constant companion in her dorm room?

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