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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 Irene say of Campbell's Soup as Emmett is eating split pea soup from the can?

2. Where has Ken gotten the opportunity to rent an apartment for him and Dawn?

3. What does Sam think is a pleasant thing for a guy to have in his room?

4. Irene drove through Paducah like a what in her new Trans Am?

5. What was Larry watching when Emmett showed up at Irene's house in Lexington?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sam make her mother's bed up with two fitted bottom sheets?

2. Why does Sam have trouble caring about her father?

3. What does Tom say about his state of mind concerning his sexual interaction with women?

4. How does Emmett end up at Irene's house in Lexington?

5. What do the arms of the willow tree shadowed on her wall remind Sam of?

6. According to Sam, what do girls, boys, women, and talk about and how are men different?

7. How does Sam feel about cats and what does Dawn say about them?

8. Why did Emmett get soured on the war and who did he get involved with afterward?

9. Where is Sam when a man tries to pick up on her and how does she react to his advances?

10. In Dwayne's journal, what happens when he follows the Vietcong?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Lexington and Hopewell. What are Irene's feelings about both places in relation to Sam?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Tom attractive to Sam? Why won't he return her affections?

Essay Topic 3

The house Sam lives in is falling apart. Explain how the house is a metaphor for in this book.

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