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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 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) This is Josie's first date ever.
(d) The narrator had better treat Josie right.

2. As the narrator waters the lawn and ponders his prom fate, how does he distract himself?
(a) By watching his neighbor Josephine through the window.
(b) By scheming how he's going to get out of having to attend prom.
(c) By occasionally spraying his younger brother.
(d) By thinking about the most recent science fiction novel he's read.

3. Long after the Bumpuses move out, who moves in next door to the narrator?
(a) Czechoslovakian family.
(b) Lithuanian family.
(c) Ukrainian family.
(d) Polish family.

4. In old cartoons, who was Wimpy?
(a) Sylvester's friend.
(b) Popeye's sidekick.
(c) Orphan Annie's uncle.
(d) Betty Boop's boyfriend.

5. Where does the new family next door to the Shepherds move from?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Milwaukee.
(d) Detroit.

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. What does Howie do now, since quitting high school?

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

4. How does Wanda feel about the narrator?

5. Where must the narrator and his friends rent prom clothes from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator get his fire chief hat back?

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

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

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

5. Describe the narrator's experience as he waits for Josephine to finish getting ready for their date.

6. Describe Daphne Bigelow, the girl of the narrator's dreams.

7. Describe Daphne's and the narrator's date.

8. What is the Wimpy Doll?

9. Describe the narrator's first major encounter with Josephine.

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

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