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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sam finds what on the memorial after finding her father's name?
(a) The soldier Darrel that was in her father's journal.
(b) A version of her own name.
(c) Her favorite flower.
(d) A friend of her uncle's that he mentioned.

2. What is the card table covered with at Tom's apartment?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Oil cloth.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) An old sheet.

3. What does Sam think of the United States as she drives to Washington?
(a) That we shouldn't have been in the war at all.
(b) That it needs work.
(c) That the people are naive.
(d) That it is so peaceful and well-organized.

4. What does Sam use to swab her pierced ears?
(a) Witch hazel.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Salcylic acid.
(d) Soap and water.

5. Irene shows up at the house with Emmett in what kind of car?
(a) A Trans Am.
(b) A Grand Am.
(c) A Mercedes convertible.
(d) A T-top Corvette.

6. Men were nostalgic about what sometimes that bothered Sam?
(a) The night life in war zones.
(b) The food in Vietnam.
(c) Being away from home.
(d) Killing.

7. What made Sam want to cry at Mawmaw's farm?
(a) The cat with its ears clipped.
(b) How dumb she thinks Donna is.
(c) Emmet's state of mind.
(d) Her father's portrait.

8. What is the name of Irene's new baby?
(a) Laurie.
(b) Irina.
(c) Hillary.
(d) Heather.

9. What disease does Pap think will be cured by painting his dog with sulfur, saltpeter, and burnt crankcase oil?
(a) Lime Disease.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Mange.
(d) Bloat.

10. What does Grandma Smith call Emmett's digging and such?
(a) Playing paper dolls.
(b) Avoiding Anita.
(c) Soul searching.
(d) Post-war draft dodging.

11. Sam finds a year's worth of what that had been saved for the Boy Scouts in the basement?
(a) Old clothes.
(b) Reader's Digest.
(c) Canned food.
(d) The Hopewell Citizen.

12. What has caused the tiny bumps on Tom's back?
(a) Shrapnel.
(b) Cat hair.
(c) Chloracne.
(d) Gravel.

13. What does Sam think the baby's hand is like?
(a) A kitten's paws.
(b) A little ball of dough.
(c) A bunch of tiny pretzels in a pillow.
(d) A naked little bird.

14. What does Grandma say when she and Sam are talking and Grandpa teasingly inquires about their conversation?
(a) "Nothing.".
(b) "None of your business.".
(c) "Girl talk.".
(d) "Talk to the dog.".

15. What does Sam's mouth taste like to her in the morning after being at Tom's?
(a) Beets.
(b) Rust.
(c) Beer.
(d) Sugar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom notice most about Sam's physique?

2. There are apparently no nightmares in the jungle, just what?

3. What is Lonnie eating for breakfast that he thinks is good for a hangover?

4. Apparently the Vietnamese could make a bomb out of what that the Americans threw away?

5. Who cracks up at the end of M*A*S*H when he sees the baby get smothered by its mother at the end?

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