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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 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.".

2. What is the card table covered with at Tom's apartment?
(a) Oil cloth.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) An old sheet.
(d) Plastic.

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

4. Irene drove through Paducah like a what in her new Trans Am?
(a) A woman on a mission.
(b) A wild cartoon character.
(c) A crazy woman with frizzy hair.
(d) A goddess driving a chariot.

5. What was Larry watching when Emmett showed up at Irene's house in Lexington?
(a) M*A*S*H.
(b) Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
(c) ET.
(d) Young Frankenstein.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sam's mouth taste like to her in the morning after being at Tom's?

3. What greets Sam when she gets back to her house?

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

5. What does Tom notice most about Sam's physique?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Dwayne's journal, what happens when he follows the Vietcong?

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

4. How does Sam perceive the Washington Monument and the flag near the Vietnam Memorial?

5. Why does Sam make her mother's bed up with two fitted bottom sheets?

6. Why does Sam have trouble caring about her father?

7. What does Irene ask Sam about the plot of the movie, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"?

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

9. According to Sam, what do girls, boys, women, and talk about and how are men different?

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

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