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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Emmett's ability to become absorbed in thought over mundane things makes him good at what?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Pac-Man.
(c) Digging trenches.
(d) Sweeping floors.

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

3. What does Sam plan to do with her car to make it look mean?
(a) Take the door handles off.
(b) Cut a hole in the roof.
(c) Put gold rims on it.
(d) Paint it black.

4. When Lonnie asks Emmett where birds sleep, what does he say?
(a) In bird beds.
(b) In flight.
(c) In nests.
(d) Birds don't sleep.

5. To whom does Emmett explain that the Romans and Egyptians are great excavators and builders?
(a) Sam.
(b) Mrs. Biggs.
(c) Lonnie Malone.
(d) Pete Simms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emmett think Jim is saying when he is talking about rap groups?

2. Where does Dawn's father work?

3. Whose death was more real to Sam than the death of her father when she was a child?

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

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

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