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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. When does Li'l Bit begin moving away from the Men, Sex, and Women scene?
(a) When Big Papa enters the scene.
(b) When her mother and grandmother argue.
(c) When the driver's education voice speaks.
(d) When the singing starts.

2. What time of day and season is it when the first scene begins?
(a) A warm summer evening.
(b) A calm autumn afternoon.
(c) A windy spring day.
(d) A stormy winter night.

3. What is the name of the county where Peck grows up?
(a) Washington.
(b) Merry.
(c) Horry.
(d) Cleveland.

4. Where does Li'l Bit receive her first driving lesson at?
(a) The Beltsville Agricultural Farms parking lot.
(b) At her grandparent's house.
(c) In front of her house.
(d) On rural Maryland roads.

5. According to the mother, a married woman only needs a broom or a rolling pin. What does she prefer?
(a) Spatula.
(b) Broom.
(c) Rolling pin.
(d) Cast-iron fry pan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first scene, what road is less than a mile away?

2. What does Li'l Bit's hair smell like?

3. Peck says that Li'l Bit knows the car inside and out in what length of time?

4. What sound cuts off the music in the first scene?

5. What state does Peck leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Li'l Bit tell Peck to stop being bad during the first scene?

2. Why does Li'l Bit say that Peck can be a brain surgeon?

3. What does Vogel transition from the scene with the three females in the kitchen talking about sex, to Li'l Bit's first driving lesson.

4. What does Li'l Bit have to say about pedophilia?

5. Why does Li'l Bit describe herself as cynical in 1969?

6. How do Peck and Li'l Bit define Peck being good?

7. At age 11, can Li'l Bit actually drive?

8. Describe Greg, the boy who asks Li'l Bit to dance.

9. What gives the 35 year old Li'l Bit comfort and a feeling of freedom?

10. What purpose does the Greek Chorus serve in "How I Learned to Drive"?

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