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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. The narrator, as an adult, owns some fine furniture and has a what?
(a) Motorcycle.
(b) Helicopter.
(c) Chef.
(d) Doorman.

2. As an adult, the narrator is a former what?
(a) Police officer.
(b) Husband.
(c) GI.
(d) Teacher.

3. By the end of the formal dance, the narrator says that flowers are wilted, jackets are limp, and what else?
(a) People are gasping for air.
(b) Everybody's ready for a milkshake.
(c) His car is soaked from a passing rain shower.
(d) Everyone's sick of the whole mess.

4. Why did Howie quit high school?
(a) He never liked school.
(b) He was failing.
(c) To work and support his aging parents.
(d) To get married.

5. Long after the Bumpuses move out, who moves in next door to the narrator?
(a) Czechoslovakian family.
(b) Polish family.
(c) Ukrainian family.
(d) Lithuanian family.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what holiday do we find the narrator at the start of Story 7?

2. As an adult, the narrator lives in what type of dwelling?

3. In what major way did Maxwell Bigelow help the community?

4. Why is the adult narrator embarrassed when the doorman sees him?

5. The night of his first date with the neighbor girl, how long does it take the narrator to bathe and groom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to the adult narrator's fire chief hat?

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

5. When the narrator asks Daphne out on a date, and she agrees, what daydreams go through his mind?

6. How does the narrator's date with Daphne end?

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

8. Describe the narrator's trip to Daphne's house.

9. Describe Daphne's and the narrator's date.

10. How does the narrator's prom night end?

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