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

2. "How I Learned to Drive" can best be described as what type of literary work?
(a) Play.
(b) Novella.
(c) Short story.
(d) Novel.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Li'l Bit's hair smell like?

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

5. What state does Peck leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Peck's appearance and demeanor while doing dishes at the 1964 Christmas.

2. What trick does Jerome play on Li'l Bit?

3. What are Li'l Bit's conditions for the weekly meeting with her uncle?

4. How do Peck and Li'l Bit define Peck being good?

5. Who is Li'l Bit's cousin and what is his name?

6. What does Li'l Bit have to say about why she is kicked out of school in 1970?

7. What views on women does Peck share with Li'l Bit as he does the dishes?

8. Li'l Bit leaves for college. What types of gifts does Peck send her?

9. Why is the mother concerned about her 11 year old daughter?

10. When Li'l Bit goes on the bus ride as an older woman, does she intend to seduce the young man who sits next to her on the bus?

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