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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 do skin disease do grown-ups get that is a version of an adolescent skin disease?
2. What is Emmett going to work on in the house after the foundation is fixed?
3. Hopewell doesn't have a mall, but it has a shopping center between Penney's and this place where Sam meets dawn.
4. What type of team does Sam say Emmett should coach for a living?
5. What does Emmett think Jim is saying when he is talking about rap groups?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why doesn't Lonnie want to be an electrician?
2. How does Sam see the waitress at Howard Johnson's where she, Mawmaw, and Emmett eat on their trip?
3. How does Sam think society has changed towards women becomeing pregnant out of wedlock?
4. Why is Sam afraid to ask Emmett why he flew the Vietcong flag from the courthouse?
5. Describe the section of town where Tom has his garage.
6. Why doesn't Sam believe that Emmett brought his Army jacket on the trip to Washington because he thought it might be cold?
7. What is the difference between Dwayne and Emmett in relation to Vietnam?
8. Why does Hopewell have Flag Days?
9. Why doesn't Emmett take the job he is offered at the cookie factory?
10. Why is it ironic that Colonel Blake fell out of the sky on his way home from the war?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Mawmaw seems out of touch with her own feelings and with modern reality. Explain how and why this irritates Sam.
Essay Topic 3
Anita loves Emmett very much. Why can't Emmett have a relationship with her? What does Sam speculate at different times in the book might be his problem with Anita and women in general?
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