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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. How does Wanda feel about the narrator?
(a) She's disgusted by what he orders at the Rooster.
(b) She thinks he's cute but dull.
(c) She thinks he's OK but she wishes Schwartz had asked her to the prom.
(d) She's had a crush on him for years and thinks she may love him.

2. When the narrator is invited inside his neighbors' house, what is he expected to do while he waits for Josie to finish getting ready?
(a) Share his life story with her parents.
(b) Reveal what he plans to do after high school.
(c) Partake of a heavy meal.
(d) Stand in the hallway until she's ready.

3. To the narrator, Daphne Bigelow is what?
(a) The personification of everything ideal in a girl.
(b) The school's biggest braniac.
(c) Charming, funny, and witty, but accident prone.
(d) Snobbish, elitist, and no fun to be around.

4. How does the narrator react when he sees Josie all dressed up for the party?
(a) He almost passes out.
(b) He feels underdressed.
(c) He's mesmerized.
(d) He wonders why she's dressed so casually.

5. What is the name of the Bigelow family's chauffeur?
(a) Raymond.
(b) Drew.
(c) Boris.
(d) Anthony.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. As an adult, the narrator lives in what type of dwelling?

4. How does the narrator's memorable prom night end?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What are some of the items the narrator finds in the box of toys his mother sends him when he's an adult?

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

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