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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 do Daphne and the narrator watch at the Orpheum?
(a) John Wayne movie.
(b) Gone With The Wind.
(c) Charlie Chaplin movie.
(d) Little Rascals.

2. How does the Old Man react to the news that the narrator has asked Max Bigelow's daughter out on a date?
(a) He doesn't take the news seriously.
(b) He asks the narrator if he's out of his mind.
(c) It means nothing to him.
(d) He's impressed.

3. In what major way did Maxwell Bigelow help the community?
(a) Opened a soup kitchen.
(b) Donated the ice skating rink to the park.
(c) Built a homeless shelter.
(d) Paid for a second gym at the high school.

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

5. The prom outfit for each boy includes a white jacket, dark trousers, shoes, socks, shirt, tie, boutonniere, and what else?
(a) Cummerbund.
(b) Matching handkerchief.
(c) Top hat.
(d) Vest.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Daphne's neighborhood, the narrator notices that there is no smell of oil refineries in the air and even what?

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

3. Where does the new family next door to the Shepherds move from?

4. Long after the Bumpuses move out, who moves in next door to the narrator?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why doesn't the narrator ask Daphne Bigelow to the prom?

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

6. How does the narrator's date with Josephine end?

7. What is the Wimpy Doll?

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

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

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

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