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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. From where does Sam impulsively buy smoked oysters, cocktail hot dogs, smoked octopus, and other gourmet treats?
(a) Kroger's.
(b) Albertson's.
(c) K Mart.
(d) Safeway.

4. Where does Pap say Fred Turner's boy is stationed in the Air Force?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

5. Sam thinks she has always been good at figuring out what?
(a) Puzzles.
(b) People.
(c) Relationsip dilemmas.
(d) Handwriting.

6. 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) Morbid comic books.
(b) Car tools.
(c) Dirt bikes.
(d) Video games.

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

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

9. The Washington Monument is a gleaming what against the sky, according to the author?
(a) Finger.
(b) Alien antenna.
(c) Pencil.
(d) Piece of chalk.

10. What artist has a video on MTV that Sam recognizes as she pours herself a Pepsi while talking to her mother?
(a) Twisted Sister.
(b) Bon Jovi.
(c) Ozzy Osbourne.
(d) Poison.

11. When Mawmaw says she is fifty-eight, she also says that she has twenty years worth of what tacked onto her age?
(a) Experience.
(b) Fat layers.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Worry.

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

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

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

15. Mawmaw sets a platter of what on the table to eat?
(a) Fried rabbit.
(b) Venison.
(c) Oxtails.
(d) Quail.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Coke she drinks in the morning make her feel?

2. Because of the jungle marching, Dwayne writes that his feet look like what?

3. Sam finds what on the memorial after finding her father's name?

4. According to Grandma Smith, what do young folks not appreciate?

5. Irene says Emmett was what when he went to war?

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