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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the end of the formal dance, the narrator says that flowers are wilted, jackets are limp, and what else?
(a) Everybody's ready for a milkshake.
(b) Everyone's sick of the whole mess.
(c) His car is soaked from a passing rain shower.
(d) People are gasping for air.

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

3. When the doorman retrieves a childhood toy for the adult narrator, who does he have to fight for it?
(a) Little boy who had picked it up.
(b) Thrift shop owner.
(c) Local auctioneer.
(d) Senile old man who found it.

4. In his daydreams, the narrator envisions himself impressing his lady friend with what dance?
(a) Lindy.
(b) Tango.
(c) Polka.
(d) Waltz.

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

6. What do Schwartz and the narrator order after finishing the first item they order?
(a) Red wine.
(b) Ice cream sodas.
(c) Cherry cokes.
(d) Another round.

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

8. As an adult, the narrator is a former what?
(a) Police officer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) GI.
(d) Husband.

9. What is the name of the new girl next door whom the narrator is smitten by?
(a) Justine.
(b) Christine.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Josephine.

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

11. When the narrator emerges from the bathroom after bathing and grooming for his date with the girl next door, what condition is the bathroom in?
(a) The room reeks of shaving cream and hair spray.
(b) The walls are dripping wet and the paint is peeling.
(c) No soap or hot water are left.
(d) The bathroom floor is soaking wet.

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

13. After the prom dance, Schwartz and the narrator take their dates to the Rooster where, trying to impress, they order what?
(a) Foie gras.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Caviar.
(d) Bourbon.

14. What is the name of the family that moves next door to the Shepherds long after the Bumpuses move out?
(a) Obodzinski.
(b) Cosnowski.
(c) Kozlowski.
(d) Zacharzewski.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the character Wimpy known for in old cartoons?

2. Before the narrator can invite a girl to the Spring Dance, he decides that first they must what?

3. What do Daphne and the narrator watch at the Orpheum?

4. Why do the narrator and his friends parade in front of their neighbors' house after a new family moves in?

5. The weekend before prom, what is the narrator's fate?

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