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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 5 | Part 2: Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Emmet put in the courthouse tower that had the town talking?
(a) Fire extingusher foam.
(b) A Vietcong flag.
(c) Fifteen hundred marshmallows.
(d) A live wolverine.

2. What does Emmett think is wrong with the VW?
(a) The transmission is going.
(b) The alternator is quitting.
(c) The brakes are shot.
(d) The oil pan is leaking.

3. What does Sam say she knows a thing or two about concerning cars?
(a) The brightness of tail lights.
(b) Frozen transmissions.
(c) Fixing wipers.
(d) Riggin broken mirrors.

4. Whose death was more real to Sam than the death of her father when she was a child?
(a) Martin Luther King's.
(b) John Lennon's.
(c) Kennedy's.
(d) Colonel Blake's.

5. What does Emmett think Jim is saying when he is talking about rap groups?
(a) That Jim wants to rap.
(b) That he said "rat poops".
(c) That he said "slap groups".
(d) That he means "wrap groups".

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Mawmaw been carrying in the car withe her on the trip?

2. Who does Sam say a satellite dish on the back of a truck she and her passengers see on the highway belongs to?

3. Which restaurant on the trip has Sam heard is good?

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

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

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