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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. Who is Miss Sponge?
(a) Aunt Mary.
(b) Li'l Bit.
(c) Mother.
(d) Grandmother.

2. Li'l Bit becomes embarrassed when family members talk and joke about her breasts. Who tries to change the subject?
(a) Peck.
(b) Mother.
(c) B.B.
(d) Aunt Mary.

3. What kind of work does Li'l Bit do when she cannot find it?
(a) Factory jobs.
(b) She refuses to work.
(c) Racing cars.
(d) Working in a liquor store.

4. How fast can Peck's favorite car go from 0 to 60?
(a) 10.2 seconds.
(b) 7.8 seconds.
(c) 9.6 seconds
(d) 8.9 seconds.

5. What state does Peck leave?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound cuts off the music in the first scene?

2. How does Li'l Bit describe the soap in the ladies room of the restaurant?

3. Peck says that Li'l Bit knows the car inside and out in what length of time?

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

5. How old is Li'l Bit in the first scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. Peck talks Li'l Bit into lying beside him in the bed, promising nothing happens. Li'l Bit agrees. How does this make her feel?

2. Describe the waiter's response to Peck in the restaurant in 1968.

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

4. What purpose does the music serve in "How I Learned to Drive"?

5. How does Peck describe his childhood while fishing with Bobby?

6. What frightens Li'l Bit about the attention that Peck shows her when she moves away?

7. Explain Peck's theory of "fire" and people.

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

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

10. How does the character of Li'l Bit introduce the first scene?

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