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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. In the community, who is Maxwell Bigelow, Daphne's father?
(a) Town mayor.
(b) Chief architect.
(c) Chairman of the bank.
(d) Vice president of a steel company.

2. 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 bathroom floor is soaking wet.
(b) No soap or hot water are left.
(c) The walls are dripping wet and the paint is peeling.
(d) The room reeks of shaving cream and hair spray.

3. Why is the adult narrator embarrassed when the doorman sees him?
(a) In his hurry to open his mysterious package, he forgot to get dressed.
(b) He has chocolate on his face and spilled milk on his trousers.
(c) He's covered in toys from his youth, including a space helmet and a zap gun.
(d) He forgot to tip the doorman that week.

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

5. Who does the narrator finally invite to the prom?
(a) Almira Davidson.
(b) Wanda Hickey.
(c) Jenny Lunt.
(d) Daphne Bigelow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Old Man believe regarding one's prom date?

2. What is the name of the new girl next door whom the narrator is smitten by?

3. Where do we find the narrator at the beginning of Story 7?

4. What happens to the goodnight kiss between Wanda and the narrator?

5. Mother wants the narrator to invite which girl to the prom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe some of the pre-prom rituals.

3. How does the narrator prepare for his date with Josephine?

4. What conflict exists for the narrator regarding the night of the party that he's invited to by Josephine?

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

6. Where does the narrator live when he is an adult?

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

8. How does the narrator ask Wanda Hickey to the prom?

9. Describe the narrator's trip to Daphne's house.

10. After the prom, Schwartz and the narrator take their dates to the Rooster. What happens there?

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