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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who mentions bedroom eyes?
(a) Li'l Bit.
(b) Aunt Mary.
(c) Male Greek Chorus.
(d) Teen Greek Chorus.

2. When is the package returned to Peck's post office box?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) December.
(d) November.

3. What does Peck convince Li'l Bit to do after they finish the champagne?
(a) Spend the night with him in the hotel.
(b) Kiss him.
(c) Lie down next to him.
(d) Go driving.

4. Li'l Bit offers to meet with Peck once a week to talk, as long as he agrees to what?
(a) Let her drive.
(b) Not touch her.
(c) Let her pick the place.
(d) Not drink.

5. 1960s Motown music takes the reader between which two scenes?
(a) Shower to talking with Peck in the car.
(b) School hallway to driving with Peck.
(c) Home to school.
(d) Shower to the Sock Hop.

6. According to Peck, writers have a fire where?
(a) In the soul.
(b) In the belly.
(c) In the head.
(d) In the heart.

7. What smells does Li'l Bit describe to the audience after leaving the dance?
(a) Beer, cigarettes, and musky odors.
(b) Whisky, marijuana, and Brut.
(c) Scotch, cigars, and Old Spice.
(d) Tobacco, WD-40, and Bay Rum.

8. What boy fakes a fainting attack in order to get close to Li'l Bit?
(a) Steve.
(b) Jerome.
(c) Mark.
(d) Greg.

9. Sometimes Li'l Bit seeks Peck as what?
(a) Wise uncle.
(b) A soldier.
(c) Flying Dutchman.
(d) A free spirit.

10. What does Li'l Bit tell Peck that she's drawn a line against in the basement?
(a) Sex.
(b) Frontal nudity.
(c) Touching.
(d) Kissing.

11. What is Li'l Bit self conscious about in 1966?
(a) Her height.
(b) The size of her mouth.
(c) How large her breasts are.
(d) How small her breasts are.

12. What does Li'l Bit talk to the audience about after the dance?
(a) Boys.
(b) The personal space of a male.
(c) The problems of adolescent girls.
(d) Driving.

13. The entire neighborhood borrows Peck, according to who?
(a) Peck.
(b) Mother.
(c) Aunt Mary.
(d) Li'l Bit.

14. Who does Li'l Bit not want knowing about her weekly meetings with Peck?
(a) The kids at school.
(b) Her grandparents.
(c) Her mother and Aunt Mary.
(d) Her teachers.

15. How does Peck explain why he drinks?
(a) Alcohol helps him sleep at night.
(b) He has a disease.
(c) Sometimes it helps the fire within.
(d) Alcohol helps his marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who watches Li'l Bit with her classmates at the dance from outside of the scene?

2. What does Peck keep in his basement?

3. Li'l Bit tells Peck that she misses him when he doesn't appear for what family holiday dinner?

4. How does Aunt Mary know that her husband is having a spell?

5. Who is Aunt Mary talking to when she talks about her husband after the photography session?

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