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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the furthest Sam has run?
(a) Six miles.
(b) Ten miles.
(c) A marathon.
(d) Five miles.

4. Why didn't Lonnie get a basketball scholarship to Murray?
(a) His grades weren't good enough.
(b) He didn't get his application in on time.
(c) He broke his thumb.
(d) His parents made too much money.

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

6. What does Emmett call the route between Burger Boy and McDonald's?
(a) Hamburger Hill.
(b) The stooge corridor.
(c) The mating range.
(d) The greasy mile.

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

8. What does Mawmaw sarcastically complain that she neglected to bring on the trip that she wishes she had if she were going to sleep in the same hotel room with Emmett?
(a) Her brown wig.
(b) Her golden slippers.
(c) Her good housecoat.
(d) Her running shoes.

9. What does Sam buy at Flag Days?
(a) A camouflage jacket.
(b) Pom-pom socks.
(c) An American flag.
(d) A book of hymns.

10. What did Pete Simms' wife bring for food to the dance?
(a) A brisket.
(b) A cheese log.
(c) Brownies.
(d) Potato chips and dip.

11. What does Lonnie say of people's behavior at weddings?
(a) Nobody eats hors d'oevres.
(b) Kids get hyperactive.
(c) Men start losing their decorum.
(d) Everybody gets drunk.

12. What present does Martha get for her son's wedding that perplexes Sam?
(a) A spice rack.
(b) A gun rack.
(c) A candle holder.
(d) An apron and tea towel set.

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

14. What does Dawn tell Sam is another name for falsies?
(a) The Gay Deceivers.
(b) The Melon Makers.
(c) The Augmenters.
(d) The Tissue Temptations.

15. When M*A*S*H ends its run, what does Emmett say is not the same?
(a) His take on war.
(b) Television.
(c) AfterMash.
(d) Sam's attitude.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Emmett say Anita looks like when she comes over to the house all dressed up?

3. Where does Sam go running early in the morning?

4. Where does Tom say the bird that Emmett is looking for resided in Vietnam?

5. Anita gives Sam a list of what for Emmett?

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