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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. Where does Sam let Emmett out so she can drive around the parking lot while he shops?
(a) Penney's.
(b) Kroger's.
(c) Sureway.
(d) K Mart.

2. What does Lorenzo Jones collect?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Jim Beam bottles.
(c) Imported beer cans.
(d) Stamps.

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

4. Why can't Irene go dancing like she used to?
(a) Her ankles are weak.
(b) She gets dizzy.
(c) Her hip goes out of socket.
(d) Her bladder dropped.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam ask Emmett to do in regards of the car she is buying?

2. The deep V of the Vietnam Memorial reminds Sam of what?

3. What Doors song is playing on the radio when Sam is decorating the ceramic cat?

4. What does Sam think is a pleasant thing for a guy to have in his room?

5. Where did Irene and Dwayne get married?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the arms of the willow tree shadowed on her wall remind Sam of?

2. Why didn't Sam give her mother the ceramic cat she decorated when Irene gave her $600 to buy the car?

3. Why does Sam have the feeling that everyone around her is shooting off in all directions?

4. What is happening to Sam's perception as she spends time in Tom's apartment?

5. How determined is Grandma Smith to go to Florida?

6. How does Emmett react to Sam's admonishment of her father's feelings toward the war that he expressed in his journal?

7. What does Tom say about his state of mind concerning his sexual interaction with women?

8. When Tom asks if Sam wants eggs, what does she assume will happen?

9. Why hadn't the the previous occupant of Sam's house, Bessie, thrown away the liquor bottles her husband had drunk from?

10. How does Lonnie feel about Sam's car and how does Sam respond to his feelings?

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