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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. Why does Li'l Bit call Peck a good boy?

2. What does Grandma think is something that her daughters make up?

3. What is the suggested music when Peck molests Li'l Bit in the first scene?

4. Li'l Bit asks her mother and grandmother something about sex, but receives conflicting answers. What does she ask?

5. Who says: "Sometimes to tell a secret, you first have to teach a lesson"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peck pantomime in the first scene?

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

3. Why does Grandma want to scare Li'l Bit with talks of sex.

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

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

6. Describe Greg, the boy who asks Li'l Bit to dance.

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

8. What does Vogel transition from the scene with the three females in the kitchen talking about sex, to Li'l Bit's first driving lesson.

9. Why does Li'l Bit tell Peck to stop being bad during the first scene?

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?

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

At the end of the play, who do you feel the most compassion for? Explain your reasons.

Essay Topic 3

"How I Learned to Drive" is also about empowerment. Cite examples of power and how it changes in the play.

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