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

2. What is Irene watching on TV while Sam and Emmett clear out her old room?
(a) M*A*S*H.
(b) Between Friends.
(c) Remington Steele.
(d) AfterMash.

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

4. What had Sam lost the desire for one Christmas that parallel's her loss of desire for Lonnie?
(a) Funnel cake.
(b) Chocolate-covered cherries.
(c) Fruit cake.
(d) Alcohol.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Sam want to cry at Mawmaw's farm?

2. Where does Sam let Emmett out so she can drive around the parking lot while he shops?

3. Where had Emmett hidden a joint that Sam finds and smokes?

4. What does Emmett say when Sam tells him she is not afraid of snakes or hoot owls?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Irene want Emmett to warn her next time he comes to Lexington and how does Emmett respond to her sarcasm?

5. How does Emmett end up at Irene's house in Lexington?

6. What does Sam think would have happened if her parents had waited to have her until Dwayne got back from the war?

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

8. Why did Emmett get soured on the war and who did he get involved with afterward?

9. How does Sam speculate on the moment of origin?

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

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