After the driving course test we had to take a fifty question
multiple choice law and safety test before we could take our road
practice and test. I am always nervous about test so I over prepare a
little bit just to make extra sure. We had to go to the cafeteria in
the early morning and I finished the test in about 10 minutes because
it was a lot easier then I had feared. I Was expecting some obscure
transportation law errata. It was actually more focused on practical
driving situations and stern leading questions about drinking and
driving. I took my test up to get checked and the instructor
congratulated me on getting the best score - a 98%. What the exact
heck are you talking about 98%? What did I miss? He told me not to
worry about it because I only needed 70% to pass. I kept pushing and
he finally relented and let me check. I had missed a question about
the minimum distance to park from a fire hydrant. I looked at the
answers and then looked in the book convinced that if there was an
error it was theirs not mine. It turned out that the conspiracy was
deep, real deep. The dang hand book was in on it with the test in
their little collusion to prevent me from getting a perfect score
with my right, albeit admittedly not demonstrably so, answer. I gave
in to the reality that I had missed a question and was a big enough
man to admit that I had been wrong mistaken.
