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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lonnie eating for breakfast that he thinks is good for a hangover?
(a) Cheerios with Coke poured over them.
(b) Cocoa leaves.
(c) Raw steak.
(d) Cold asparagus.

2. What does Emmett call the dentist's dinner dance that Irene goes to?
(a) The Wisdom Wind-up.
(b) The Dental Derby.
(c) The Molar Ball.
(d) The Bicuspid Ball.

3. Who died at Caewood's Pond?
(a) Sam's uncle.
(b) A senator.
(c) A drunk driver from her high school.
(d) An old outlaw.

4. What movie does Lonnie ask if Sam wants to go see?
(a) Return of the Jedi.
(b) Stripes.
(c) The Spy Who Loved Me.
(d) Ghostbusters.

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

6. What is Mawmaw's daughter's name?
(a) Candace.
(b) Alma.
(c) Donna.
(d) Genevive.

7. After Caewood's Pond, Sam sat around all weekend staring at what?
(a) The cat she made for her mom.
(b) M*A*S*H.
(c) The wall.
(d) MTV.

8. Where had Emmett hidden a joint that Sam finds and smokes?
(a) In the refrigerator.
(b) In his sock drawer.
(c) In a niche under the stairs.
(d) In a can of cocoa mix.

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

10. What does Sam say she could get into to try to get TOm to want to be with her when she buys the car from him?
(a) Dirt bikes.
(b) Video games.
(c) Car tools.
(d) Morbid comic books.

11. Sam felt more like a what than anything outside at night?
(a) An alien.
(b) A scarecrow.
(c) A cat.
(d) A squirrel.

12. What Doors song is playing on the radio when Sam is decorating the ceramic cat?
(a) "Hello, I Love You".
(b) "L.A. Woman".
(c) "Riders on the Storm".
(d) "Light My Fire".

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

14. What does Emmett say when Sam tells him she is not afraid of snakes or hoot owls?
(a) "That's stupid.".
(b) "You are brave.".
(c) "Congratulations.".
(d) "Good, because there is a snake behind you.".

15. Which panel of the Vietnam Memorial shows Dayne Hughes' name?
(a) 9E.
(b) 6D.
(c) 4R.
(d) 8H.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Sam, her mother had an explanation for everything now that she was taking what class?

2. What does Sam think the baby's hand is like?

3. What does she imagine the smell in her house is?

4. What idea from the war is Sam trying to emulate by staying outside at night?

5. What was Larry watching when Emmett showed up at Irene's house in Lexington?

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