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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 does the parking lot overlook?

2. Who does Big Papa vote for?

3. What kind of work does Li'l Bit do when she cannot find it?

4. How fast can Peck's favorite car go from 0 to 60?

5. Where does Li'l Bit receive her first driving lesson at?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Describe Aunt Mary's view of her husband.

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

5. What are Li'l Bit's conditions for the weekly meeting with her uncle?

6. 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?

7. Grandma marries Big Papa as a child bride at age fourteen. What does she still believe in?

8. Why does Li'l Bit say that Peck can be a brain surgeon?

9. How does Li'l Bit try to discourage Peck?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"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 2

In "How I Learned to Drive", characters sometimes come out of the scene to talk to the audience. Cite examples of this, and explain what purpose it serves.

Essay Topic 3

When Peck is teaching Li'l Bit how to drive, he is all seriousness. Why is that?

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