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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Howie do now, since quitting high school?
(a) Eats at a soup kitchen for the homeless.
(b) Runs his own business.
(c) Volunteers in the community.
(d) Works two jobs to make ends meet.

2. What happens to the goodnight kiss between Wanda and the narrator?
(a) He tries to kiss her but hastily leaves upon smelling sauerkraut on her breath.
(b) He accidentally kisses her on the nose instead.
(c) The porch light comes on and interrupts their kiss.
(d) He's so drunk that intead of kissing her, he pats her on the back and walks away.

3. 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) The narrator had better treat Josie right.
(c) This is Josie's first date ever.
(d) Josie made her outfit by herself.

4. In Story 7, the narrator is what?
(a) Just starting out on his own.
(b) Celebrating his eighteenth birthday.
(c) Fully grown.
(d) Applying for a job.

5. How does the narrator feel when, as an adult, he receives a mysterious package?
(a) Completely indifferent.
(b) Like he's five-years-old again.
(c) First excited, then overcome by dread and caution.
(d) Old and burned out.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Bigelow family's chauffeur drives Daphne and the narrator to the Orpheum in what?

2. The narrator notes that Howie used to be fun, but now he's always what?

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

4. At the end of Story 7, what does the narrator do with his box of childhood memories?

5. As the narrator prepares for his first date with Daphne, he goes through half a bar of Lifebuoy soap, Old Spice talcum powder, and what else?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the adult narrator's fire chief hat?

2. What impression does the narrator make on Mr. Bigelow, Daphne's dad?

3. How does the narrator's family react when he says that he's asked Daphne Bigelow out on a date?

4. When the narrator asks Daphne out on a date, and she agrees, what daydreams go through his mind?

5. With the Bumpuses long gone, who finally moves in next door to the Shepherds?

6. Why do the narrator and his friends parade back and forth in front of the Cosnowskis' house?

7. Describe how the narrator prepares for his date with Daphne.

8. How does the narrator feel after looking through his box of childhood treasures?

9. What is the Wimpy Doll?

10. How does the narrator's prom night end?

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