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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 Sam give Moon Pie to gnaw on while she talks to her mother?
(a) A doggie treat.
(b) A piece of chicken.
(c) An insect.
(d) A barbecued rib.

2. Who died at Caewood's Pond?
(a) An old outlaw.
(b) A senator.
(c) A drunk driver from her high school.
(d) Sam's uncle.

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

4. Who is mad because Darrel's gear is scattered all over the place?
(a) Hot Shot.
(b) Dwayne.
(c) Bobby G.
(d) Uncle B.

5. According to Dwayne's journal, dealing with the Vietcong is a lot like what?
(a) Looking for morels.
(b) Chasing ghosts.
(c) Hunting rabbits.
(d) Waiting for a wolverine atttack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Irene buy for Sam as a gift that it turns out Emmett told Irene to buy?

2. What does Lorenzo Jones collect?

3. What is Lonnie eating for breakfast that he thinks is good for a hangover?

4. What makes Irene's hair look like Mrs. Biggs' forsythia bush?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Sam feel about her current status as a runaway?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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