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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sam think is tragic about Dawn?
(a) That she hadn't taken the pill.
(b) That she won't eat right.
(c) That she enjoys working at Burger Boy.
(d) That she hasn't told Ken about the pregnancy yet.

2. What aspect of Sam's house seems like some repressed life that wanted to emerge?
(a) The junk in the basement.
(b) The dirt in the carpet.
(c) The food in the refrigerator.
(d) The layers of gaudy wallpaper.

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

4. Where does Tom say the bird that Emmett is looking for resided in Vietnam?
(a) On the beach.
(b) In palm trees.
(c) Along rice paddies.
(d) Near mountain passes.

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

6. What does Dawn say she is sick of in the context of not wanting to have a baby?
(a) Bowing to Ken's will.
(b) Playing mommy.
(c) Not having enough money.
(d) Eating fast food.

7. What does Emmett say that Anita is too much of for her own good?
(a) Tall.
(b) Softhearted.
(c) Pretty.
(d) Boistrous.

8. What does the doctor do when Emmett mentions Agent Orange as a possibility for his skin problems?
(a) He writes something down.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He acts as if he didn't say anything.
(d) He becomes very serious.

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

10. From where does Lonnie call on the night of the dance?
(a) Burger Boy.
(b) The lake.
(c) Paducah.
(d) Lexington.

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

12. What does Anita tell Sam that Emmett wrote on the chalkboard when Anita was visiting high school classes?
(a) Go Chiefs.
(b) Egret.
(c) Orioles.
(d) War is Hell.

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

14. What is Dawn doing to Sam at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Feeding her.
(b) Piercing her ears.
(c) Calling her.
(d) Braiding her hair.

15. How was the gym decorated for the dance?
(a) Like a float parade.
(b) Like a birthday party.
(c) Like the Vietnam jungle.
(d) Like a Japanese tea party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam plan to do with her car to make it look mean?

2. Tom and Jim are collecting money for whose child that needs an operation?

3. What does Sam say she knows a thing or two about concerning cars?

4. Where does Dawn want to "play"?

5. What is the name of Dawn's boss?

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