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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. In Sam's opinion, the writer Thoreau was what?
(a) Old-fashioned.
(b) Misogynist.
(c) Paranoid.
(d) Boring.

2. What does Sam think of the United States as she drives to Washington?
(a) That it is so peaceful and well-organized.
(b) That it needs work.
(c) That the people are naive.
(d) That we shouldn't have been in the war at all.

3. What correspondence course does Lonnie want to take to get work?
(a) Camera repair.
(b) Television repair.
(c) Plumbing repair.
(d) Air-conditioning repair.

4. Where does Irene want to go that she doesn't think she will ever get to?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Morocco.
(d) England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Irene say of Campbell's Soup as Emmett is eating split pea soup from the can?

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

3. Which panel of the Vietnam Memorial shows Dayne Hughes' name?

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

5. Mawmaw sets a platter of what on the table to eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sam blame herself for what went wrong with Tom at his apartment?

2. What does Sam hope Tom will do the day after their encounter at his apartment?

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

4. How does Sam speculate on how women would run the world if they had the power men had?

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

6. How does Sam react as they are getting closer to the Vietnam Memorial?

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

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

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

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

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