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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. The night of his date with Josie, the narrator arrives with what?

2. When does the narrator share with his family the news of his date with Daphne?

3. At the end of Story 7, what does the narrator do with his box of childhood memories?

4. What is the second item the narrator pulls out of the package he receives as an adult?

5. When his friends ask the narrator who he plans to invite to the big dance, what does he say?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator feel after looking through his box of childhood treasures?

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

3. Where does the narrator live when he is an adult?

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

5. How does the narrator's date with Josephine end?

6. Describe how the narrator prepares for his date with Daphne.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As a young person, the narrator spends a great deal of time living in his world of daydreams and imagination. How does the reality of his life compare to the world of his imagination? How do his daydreams serve him when reality is full of disappointments?

Essay Topic 2

The Old Man is a study in contrasts. One minute he's cursing and complaining, the next he's laughing and joking about a challenge he just went through. Using examples from the book, create a description of the Old Man that shows him as a man of contrasts and mixed messages. How do his sons handle a father as unpredictable as theirs?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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