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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do when he meets Josie on the way home from Pulaski's store?

2. What is the narrator wearing on his date with Daphne?

3. How does the narrator invite the girl of his dreams on a date?

4. One of the adult narrator's prized collections is a set of first edition comics of what cartoon?

5. After his date with Daphne, how does the narrator get home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator grow more and more uncomfortable at the party with Josephine?

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

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

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

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

7. How does the narrator's date with Daphne end?

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

9. What is the Wimpy Doll?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author illustrate group or mob mentality through some of his stories? What messages does he convey regarding group behavior? What conclusions can you reach about his own thoughts and feelings on this subject?

Essay Topic 2

After the narrator opens a box that he receives as an adult and peruses through the childhood treasures found inside, he decides to pack everything back up and hide it on the top shelf of a closet. Explain what this says about the author's viewpoint on stirring up the past.

Essay Topic 3

The Old Man is a study in contrasts. One minute he's cursing and complaining, the next he's laughing and joking about a challenge he just went through. Using examples from the book, create a description of the Old Man that shows him as a man of contrasts and mixed messages. How do his sons handle a father as unpredictable as theirs?

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