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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sounds does the narrator hear from the package that he receives as an adult?
(a) Shattered glass and a bell.
(b) The sounds of springs and gears.
(c) A mechanical whirring and a strange squeak.
(d) A duck quacking and the clanking of contents.

2. As an adult, the narrator lives in what type of dwelling?
(a) A penthouse.
(b) Low-income housing.
(c) An apartment.
(d) A house.

3. Mother wants the narrator to invite which girl to the prom?
(a) Regina Delfin.
(b) Daphne Bigelow.
(c) Wanda Hickey.
(d) Angeline O'Connor.

4. The narrator notes that Howie used to be fun, but now he's always what?
(a) Boring.
(b) Angry.
(c) Annoying.
(d) Sleepy.

5. What was the character Wimpy known for in old cartoons?
(a) Running in circles.
(b) Flying kites.
(c) Eating hamburgers.
(d) Being forgetful.

6. What does the Old Man believe regarding one's prom date?
(a) She should not wear a trashy dress.
(b) The boy must show utter and complete respect towards his date.
(c) The choice for prom date can foretell one's future.
(d) She should look better than the boy she's with.

7. When his friends ask the narrator who he plans to invite to the big dance, what does he say?
(a) Daphne Bigelow.
(b) Penelope Sanders.
(c) Wanda Hickey.
(d) Josephine Cosnowski.

8. During Spring semester in Biology II class, Daphne is what?
(a) Showing romantic interest in the narrator.
(b) Assigned to tutor the narrator in class.
(c) Assigned to be the narrator's lab partner.
(d) Absent for three weeks.

9. What conflict does the narrator face between the girl next door and basketball?
(a) She wants to watch him play basketball, but he's no good.
(b) Her boyfriend is on the narrator's basketball team.
(c) He's attending a party with her on the night of a big basketball game.
(d) He loves basketball, but she has an irrational fear of basketball courts.

10. When does the narrator share with his family the news of his date with Daphne?
(a) During dinner.
(b) Right after school.
(c) While grocery shopping.
(d) As they sit in the parlor listening to the radio.

11. Who does the narrator find in his biology class?
(a) The smartest girl he's ever met.
(b) A girl with an enormous crush on him.
(c) The most annoying girl he's ever met.
(d) The girl of his dreams.

12. In Daphne's neighborhood, the narrator notices that there is no smell of oil refineries in the air and even what?
(a) The flowers are brighter.
(b) The trees grow taller.
(c) The houses are bigger.
(d) The roads are cleaner.

13. What comment does Josie's mother make after her daughter appears, now ready for the party?
(a) One day Josie will make a good wife.
(b) Josie made her outfit by herself.
(c) The narrator had better treat Josie right.
(d) This is Josie's first date ever.

14. What is the second item the narrator pulls out of the package he receives as an adult?
(a) Fuzzy Elephant.
(b) Crazy Clown.
(c) Mighty Monkey.
(d) Wimpy Doll.

15. One of the adult narrator's prized collections is a set of first edition comics of what cartoon?
(a) Archie.
(b) Peanuts.
(c) Dilbert.
(d) Garfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. The night of his first date with the neighbor girl, how long does it take the narrator to bathe and groom?

2. By the time Josie and the narrator have reached their homes walking from the grocery store, what has transpired?

3. How does the narrator get to the Bigelow family's neighborhood?

4. By the end of the formal dance, the narrator says that flowers are wilted, jackets are limp, and what else?

5. Once inside the party location with Josie, the narrator realizes he's at a what?

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