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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What video game are Anita and Emmett playing when Sam calls Lonnie?

2. What is Emmett going to work on in the house after the foundation is fixed?

3. What type of team does Sam say Emmett should coach for a living?

4. What did Sam hear Emmett doing in the middle of the night before the dance?

5. What does Lonnie say of people's behavior at weddings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it ironic that Colonel Blake fell out of the sky on his way home from the war?

2. What does Sam feel when she hears the new Beatles song on the radio?

3. Why does Emmett warn Sam and Lonnie not to let Moon Pie outside when the leave for Caewood's Pond?

4. What do Sam and Dawn have in common concerning their living arrangements?

5. Why doesn't Lonnie want to be an electrician?

6. How does Anita describe the police officer she is dating from Benton?

7. How does Dawn feel about her father?

8. What is the difference between Dwayne and Emmett in relation to Vietnam?

9. How does the media treat the elections as Sam and Emmett watch the coverage on TV?

10. Why does Hopewell have Flag Days?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Tom attractive to Sam? Why won't he return her affections?

Essay Topic 2

How is Sam's impression of Vietnam different from soldier accounts of life there? How does Emmett feel about her impression of the war?

Essay Topic 3

Emmett spends many hours digging a hole next to the foundation of the house. What does he say are his reasons for doing so? What does Sam think his real reason is for doing it?

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