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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. Where did Irene and Dwayne get married?
(a) On Dwayne's parents' farm.
(b) At a big Baptist church in Paducah.
(c) On the porch of a justice of hte peach.
(d) At the courthouse in Lexington.

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

3. Sam thinks she has always been good at figuring out what?
(a) Relationsip dilemmas.
(b) Handwriting.
(c) Puzzles.
(d) People.

4. The Washington Monument is a gleaming what against the sky, according to the author?
(a) Pencil.
(b) Finger.
(c) Alien antenna.
(d) Piece of chalk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea from the war is Sam trying to emulate by staying outside at night?

2. Who died at Caewood's Pond?

3. What movie does Lonnie ask if Sam wants to go see?

4. What is going on in New Orleans that Lorenzo jones thinks Mawmaw should see?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does a curious pleasure steal over Sam as she hears someone approaching on the boardwalk at Caewood's Pond?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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