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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 smells does Li'l Bit describe in the first scene?

2. What year does the typical family dinner take place?

3. What are Peck and Li'l Bit celebrating at the special 1968 dinner?

4. The male Greek chorus interacts with Peck and Li'l Bit in what way during their special dinner?

5. Who tells Peck, "this isn't right," about what Peck and Li'l Bit are doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Peck's special place.

2. What is Peck's idea on the back roads to Carolina?

3. What three things does a married woman need to be able to use, according to Grandma?

4. How does Peck describe his childhood while fishing with Bobby?

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

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

7. Grandma marries Big Papa as a child bride at age fourteen. What does she still believe in?

8. Who is looking in at the sock hop, but not seen by the students?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

We learn that Peck has a drinking problem. Li'l Bit offers to meet with him once a week if he'll stop drinking. Does he stop drinking? Why or why not? Explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

In "How I Learned to Drive", characters sometimes come out of the scene to talk to the audience. Cite examples of this, and explain what purpose it serves.

Essay Topic 3

When Peck is teaching Li'l Bit how to drive, he is all seriousness. Why is that?

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