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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) Ghostbusters.
(b) Return of the Jedi.
(c) The Spy Who Loved Me.
(d) Stripes.

2. From where does Sam impulsively buy smoked oysters, cocktail hot dogs, smoked octopus, and other gourmet treats?
(a) K Mart.
(b) Safeway.
(c) Albertson's.
(d) Kroger's.

3. Where has Ken gotten the opportunity to rent an apartment for him and Dawn?
(a) Next to the train station.
(b) A block from the old Capitol Cinema.
(c) Near the Paducah Mall.
(d) Above Jones' Furniture Store.

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

5. Mawmaw wants to do what to Dwayne's name on the memorial?
(a) Color it.
(b) Touch it.
(c) Get a paper impression from it.
(d) Cover it up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Irene and Dwayne get married?

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

3. How does the V.A. treat Tom's sexual dysfunction problem?

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

5. How big does Emmett say the fleas are in Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where is Sam when a man tries to pick up on her and how does she react to his advances?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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