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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the location of the first setting?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Maryland.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) New York.

3. Which of the Greek chorus speak for Grandmother?
(a) Senior Greek Chorus.
(b) Female Greek Chorus.
(c) Male Greek Chorus.
(d) Teenage Greek Chorus.

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

5. Why does Li'l Bit call Peck a good boy?
(a) For not trying to molest her.
(b) For letting her drive the car.
(c) For not drinking alcohol all week.
(d) For helping out at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does the typical family dinner take place?

2. Who is Miss Sponge?

3. How long has the restaurant that Li'l Bit and Peck are dining at been open?

4. What state does Peck leave?

5. What does Peck recommend for dinner at the fancy restaurant on the Eastern Shore?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Aunt Mary's view of her husband.

2. What is the mood of the two characters when Peck arrives for Li'l Bit's 18th birthday?

3. In the summer of 1962, Li'l Bit is trying to talk her mother into something. What is it?

4. Describe Big Papa.

5. What does Li'l Bit tell her grandfather happens to him when he dies?

6. Is Li'l Bit worried about Peck at the Christmas dinner?

7. What three things does a married woman need to be able to use, according to Grandma?

8. During the 1966 scene titled "The Anthropology of the Female Body in Ninth Grade", an occasional beeping is heard only by the reader and by Li'l Bit. What is the beeping.

9. How is Li'l Bit doing in college?

10. Why does Peck refer to the car as a "she"?

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