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

2. Who participates in the scene with three generations at the kitchen table?
(a) Li'l Bit, Aunt Mary, Grandmother.
(b) Li'l Bit, Peck, Grandfather.
(c) Li'l Bit, Mother, Grandmother.
(d) BB, Peck, Grandfather.

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

4. Where does Li'l Bit and Peck have a celebration dinner at in 1968?
(a) At his home.
(b) An elegant New York restaurant.
(c) An inn on the Eastern shore.
(d) A fancy restaurant in Baltimore.

5. According to Peck, how are men taught to drive?
(a) With confidence.
(b) With speed.
(c) With careful attention to details.
(d) With daring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the Greek chorus unfreezes after the argument as the mother and grandmother?

2. What does the night of the first scene make a middle-aged man with a mortgage feel like?

3. What is the name of the county where Peck grows up?

4. Where is the location of the first setting?

5. What happens with Li'l Bit at school in 1970?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What gives the 35 year old Li'l Bit comfort and a feeling of freedom?

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

5. Describe how Li'l Bit's family comes up with nicknames.

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

7. At age 11, can Li'l Bit actually drive?

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

9. How does Big Papa describe his choice of Grandma for a bride.

10. Why does Li'l Bit not want to be called by that name any longer in the family dinner scene?

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