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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the county where Peck grows up?
2. Who says: "Sometimes to tell a secret, you first have to teach a lesson"?
3. What does a voice announce as an adult Li'l Bit comes on stage to explain her family's nicknames?
4. Peck encouraged Li'l Bit to have a drink. What does she order?
5. What is Peck's favorite car?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the summer of 1962, Li'l Bit is trying to talk her mother into something. What is it?
2. Sum up "A Mother's Guide to Social Drinking".
3. 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.
4. Why does Li'l Bit say that Peck can be a brain surgeon?
5. What is Li'l Bit's plan to keep Peck from drinking?
6. How does the character of Li'l Bit introduce the first scene?
7. How does Peck describe his childhood while fishing with Bobby?
8. How is Li'l Bit doing in college?
9. Describe Greg, the boy who asks Li'l Bit to dance.
10. Describe the positioning on Li'l Bit and Peck in the first scene.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the first scene, who is behaving more as the adult and who is behaving more as the child? Show your reasoning.
Essay Topic 2
Early in the play, Aunt Mary encourages Peck to talk to an upset Li'l Bit because he can handle her. Later, Aunt Mary tells the audience that Li'l Bit wraps Peck around her finger and is using him. Yet the first incident occurs when Li'l Bit is 17; the second is when Li'l Bit is 13. Explain these two different actions and perspectives from Aunt Mary.
Essay Topic 3
We learn that Peck has a drinking problem. Li'l Bit offers to meet with him once a week if he'll stop drinking. Does he stop drinking? Why or why not? Explain your reasoning.
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