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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 is the biggest event of the narrator's junior year in high school?

2. What does the narrator, as an adult, receive from his mother?

3. When the narrator emerges from the bathroom after preparing for his date with Josie, his face is covered with what?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the Wimpy Doll?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A day at the County Fair turns into another opportunity for the author to showcase the Shepherds' eccentricities. Describe the fair experience from the viewpoint of each family member -- Mother, Randy, the Old Man, and the narrator. Who seems to enjoy the fair the most, and why? Use examples to support your conclusion.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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