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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 does the narrator do when he meets Josie on the way home from Pulaski's store?

2. When Mr. Bigelow chats with the narrator as he waits for Daphne at her house, the man mistakes the young man for who?

3. When the narrator goes to Pulaski's grocery store on an errand for Mother, he talks to Howie, who used to do what?

4. How does the narrator react when he sees Josie all dressed up for the party?

5. The narrator is ecstatic in his Biology II class because of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What conflict exists for the narrator regarding the night of the party that he's invited to by Josephine?

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Daphne Bigelow, the girl of the narrator's dreams.

8. Describe some of the pre-prom rituals.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After the narrator opens a box that he receives as an adult and peruses through the childhood treasures found inside, he decides to pack everything back up and hide it on the top shelf of a closet. Explain what this says about the author's viewpoint on stirring up the past.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the Shepherd and the Bumpus families.

1. In what ways do the Bumpuses annoy the Old Man and his family?

2. Despite the stark differences between the Shepherds and the Bumpuses, what makes each family bizarre and eccentric in its own way?

Essay Topic 3

For Wanda Hickey, prom night is a golden evening of wonder where she has the amazing good luck of going with the boy she's always had a crush on. How does the night turn out for her? Does it meet her expectations? Despite some mishaps, is she pleased with the evening? Would she have liked anything to have been different? Support your answers with passages from the book.

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