You should know how to do the following in illustrator at this point:

-Understand how to use the pen tool to draw shapes and paths
-Know how to change and adjust the stroke and fill color of objects
-Create text as well as place it on a path and in a shape
-How to group and ungroup objects
-How to move objects forward and backward within an image
-How to use the pathfinder to combine, exclude, unite, and overlap shapes
-How to live trace a raster graphic
-How to rotate, scale, and reflect objects as well as establish a new point of transformation
-How to select and direct select
-How to install a font