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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 the doorman retrieves a childhood toy for the adult narrator, who does he have to fight for it?
(a) Little boy who had picked it up.
(b) Thrift shop owner.
(c) Local auctioneer.
(d) Senile old man who found it.

2. What is the biggest event of the narrator's junior year in high school?
(a) Inaugural Prom.
(b) Homecoming.
(c) Valentine's Day Dance.
(d) Junior Prom.

3. In his daydreams, the narrator envisions himself impressing his lady friend with what dance?
(a) Tango.
(b) Waltz.
(c) Lindy.
(d) Polka.

4. What do Daphne and the narrator watch at the Orpheum?
(a) Little Rascals.
(b) John Wayne movie.
(c) Charlie Chaplin movie.
(d) Gone With The Wind.

5. The night of his first date with the neighbor girl, how long does it take the narrator to bathe and groom?
(a) Fifteen minutes.
(b) Three and a half hours.
(c) Just under two hours.
(d) An hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator finally invite to the prom?

2. When the narrator and Josie reach the party destination, where does he think he is?

3. The narrator notes that Howie used to be fun, but now he's always what?

4. The narrator and his date accompany another couple to the prom on a double-date. Who is the other couple?

5. Why do the narrator and his friends parade in front of their neighbors' house after a new family moves in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the narrator and his friends parade back and forth in front of the Cosnowskis' house?

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

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

4. How does the narrator's family react when he says that he's asked Daphne Bigelow out on a date?

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

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

7. Describe some of the pre-prom rituals.

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

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

10. Why doesn't the narrator ask Daphne Bigelow to the prom?

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