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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What do skin disease do grown-ups get that is a version of an adolescent skin disease?
(a) Flat warts.
(b) Chloracne.
(c) Psoriosis.
(d) Eczema.

3. Emmett's ability to become absorbed in thought over mundane things makes him good at what?
(a) Pac-Man.
(b) Digging trenches.
(c) Sweeping floors.
(d) Watching television.

4. What soap opera does Sam name her stepfather after?
(a) Lorenzo Jones.
(b) Santa Barbara.
(c) Remington Steele.
(d) The Edge of Night.

5. Who does Sam imagine bellowing out rock songs at the enemy?
(a) Cindy Lauper.
(b) Michael Jackson.
(c) Grace Slick.
(d) Joan Jett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jim say he is taking Emmett to get the Agent Orange test?

2. What does Sam think of Moon Pie's life?

3. What brand of brownie mix does Anita prefer?

4. What does Anita tell Sam that Emmett wrote on the chalkboard when Anita was visiting high school classes?

5. What does Emmett call the route between Burger Boy and McDonald's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sam afraid to ask Emmett why he flew the Vietcong flag from the courthouse?

2. How does Sam feel about Bruce Springsteen?

3. How does Tom feel about making it back from the war?

4. Why is it ironic that Colonel Blake fell out of the sky on his way home from the war?

5. Describe the section of town where Tom has his garage.

6. What does Sam feel when she hears the new Beatles song on the radio?

7. Why doesn't Emmett take the job he is offered at the cookie factory?

8. How does Dawn feel about her father?

9. What does Sam have in her purse that she thinks Mawmaw would have a heart attack if she found out was there and what is her plan if she gets pulled over by the police?

10. Why does Sam think America could have won the Vietnam War if the enemy understood English?

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