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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Mary plan to do when Peck comes home and sits beside her on the couch in the evening?

2. What does Peck do before Li'l Bit leaves the hotel room?

3. What does the boy, who asks Li'l Bit to dance, grow up to be?

4. When the boy who asks Li'l Bit to dance is standing, where is his head level to?

5. What does the boy who fakes the fainting attack announce after he grabs Li'l Bit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Li'l Bit's breasts draw attention from family and classmates. Describe how this affects Li'l Bit, giving examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

"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.

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