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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Irene's gift to Sam for graduation?
(a) The Collegiate Dictionary.
(b) A gold cross necklace.
(c) A new car.
(d) A credit card.

2. What is Dawn examining nonchalantly as Sam buys the item for her at the drugstore?
(a) A giant bottle of vitamin C.
(b) A Cabbage Patch doll.
(c) A bag of Doritos.
(d) Some purple earrings.

3. What is depicted in the tattoo on Pete's chest?
(a) A pin-up girl.
(b) An M-16.
(c) Portraits of his war buddies.
(d) Jackson Purchase.

4. At which restaurant do Mawmaw, Sam, and Emmett eat?
(a) Howard Johnson's.
(b) McDonald's.
(c) Stucky's.
(d) Cracker Barrel.

5. What was it like for Sam to hear the new Beatles song on the radio?
(a) Eating chicken soup.
(b) Being a musician.
(c) Hearing voices from the grave.
(d) Fingernails on a chalkboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor do when Emmett mentions Agent Orange as a possibility for his skin problems?

2. What does Emmett remember most about Vietnam when Sam asks him to talk to her about it?

3. Emmett's ability to become absorbed in thought over mundane things makes him good at what?

4. What part of Dawn's attire does Sam particularly like?

5. What do skin disease do grown-ups get that is a version of an adolescent skin disease?

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