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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. Who is Peck married to?
(a) He's divorced.
(b) Aunt Mary.
(c) We never find out.
(d) Mother.

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

3. What does the parking lot overlook?
(a) The Beltsville Agricultural Farms.
(b) Peck's home.
(c) Li'l Bit's school.
(d) The Department of Agriculture office.

4. Where does Li'l Bit and Peck have a celebration dinner at in 1968?
(a) An elegant New York restaurant.
(b) At his home.
(c) An inn on the Eastern shore.
(d) A fancy restaurant in Baltimore.

5. How fast can Peck's favorite car go from 0 to 60?
(a) 10.2 seconds.
(b) 7.8 seconds.
(c) 8.9 seconds.
(d) 9.6 seconds

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does Li'l Bit drive around in during the Nixon recession?

2. Grandma calls her husband a big bull. The characters report that he wants sex how often?

3. What does Peck say that he lives all week for?

4. According to Mother, when a lady drinks, she should never get what?

5. What state does Peck leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. Peck talks Li'l Bit into lying beside him in the bed, promising nothing happens. Li'l Bit agrees. How does this make her feel?

2. What frightens Li'l Bit about the attention that Peck shows her when she moves away?

3. What is Li'l Bit's plan to keep Peck from drinking?

4. What does Li'l Bit tell her grandfather happens to him when he dies?

5. How does Aunt Mary view her niece?

6. Why does Li'l Bit not want to be called by that name any longer in the family dinner scene?

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

8. The last time Peck is seen alive, he is drinking at a bar after being rejected by Li'l Bit. Li'l Bit sums up the rest of his life at this point. What happens to Peck?

9. How does Peck position Li'l Bit for her first driving lesson?

10. Describe how Li'l Bit's family comes up with nicknames.

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