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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 happens when the Greek chorus unfreezes after the argument as the mother and grandmother?
2. When does Li'l Bit begin moving away from the Men, Sex, and Women scene?
3. How old is Grandma when she marries?
4. Who is waiting for Big Papa with a broom?
5. According to Peck, how are women taught to drive?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Li'l Bit get her name?
2. If you didn't know the ages of Li'l Bit and Peck in the first scene, who acts more like the adult and who acts more like the child?
3. 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?
4. Why does Peck refer to the car as a "she"?
5. How does Li'l Bit try to discourage Peck?
6. What gives the 35 year old Li'l Bit comfort and a feeling of freedom?
7. Why does Li'l Bit describe herself as cynical in 1969?
8. What three things does a married woman need to be able to use, according to Grandma?
9. Why does Li'l Bit tell Peck to stop being bad during the first scene?
10. Describe how Li'l Bit's family comes up with nicknames.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Give examples of the traditional sexual and gender roles and how they shift during the play.
Essay Topic 2
"How I Learned to Drive" uses minimal props. For example, a charge is just two chairs. Action is often pantomimed, such as the act of driving or eating. Give other examples of the minimal set and explain why the author does this.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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