"Memories of Dating' Passage

Paragraph 1 is important to the selection because it -

• sets the tone and mood

• gives advice to baby fish

• identifies the writer

• presents important information

The author has chosen to write about dating because he -

• feels an obligation to the younger generatioin

• is a mature adult who has dated

• knows how to give advice

• received a letter from a teenage boy

The author claims that he is qualified to give advice on dating because he -

• had lots of friends who helped him get dates

• started dating in the eighth grade and has lots of experience

• was extremely successful at dating when he was young

• spent a lot of time thinking about dating as a teenager

What evidence from the selection does the author use to support his claim that he spent a lot of time thinking about dating?

• Academic Pursuits: 2 percent

• So the first rule of dating is: Never risk direct contact with the girl in question.

• Trying to Figure Out How to Ask Girls Out: 82 percent

• This is why you need Phil Grant

In paragraph 8, the phrase viable option means -

• sensible

• risk

• choice

• exit

What are paragraphs 8 and 9 mostly about?

• how to survive in the woods

• the nervousness of asking a girl or a first date

• the behavior of forest animals

• what to do when a girl won't go out with you

Read the following sentence from paragraph 15.

Phil was a friend of mine who had the ability to talk to girls.

What does the writer mean by this line?

• Phil knew how to ask girls out and the writer admired him.

• Phil had large vocabulary and could speak clearly.

• Phil knew a secret language that helped him talk to girls.

• Phil had many more friends who were girls than the author.

From the information in paragraphs 10 and 15, the reader can conclude that the author -

• read a lot of history about wars

• never asked a girl out without help from Phil, Nancy, and Sandy

• felt that asking a girl out was hard and took a lot of planning

• understood how many people were involved in the Iran-Contra scandal

Which sentence from the selection supports the idea that girls are as nervous as boys about dating?

• Thus it was that, finally, Judy and I went on an actual date, to see a movie in White Plains, New York.

• Judy and I, sitting in the back seat about seventy-five feet apart, wer also silent, unable to communicate without the assistance of Phil, Nancy and Sandy.

• If i were to sum up the romantic ambience of this date in four words, those words would be, "Mother was driving."

• I bet that good-looking girl in your English class would love to go out with you.

Paragraphs 16 and 17 are mostly about -

• why the author and his date didn't talk much

• why the author's arm went to sleep during the movie

• how the writer's mother was involved with his first date

• the feelings and experiences of a first date