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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 does Sam plan to do with her car to make it look mean?

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

3. What does Sam say she knows a thing or two about concerning cars?

4. Emmett's ability to become absorbed in thought over mundane things makes him good at what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Emmett take the job he is offered at the cookie factory?

2. How does Tom feel about making it back from the war?

3. Why didn't Sam move to Lexington with her mother and her new husband?

4. Why doesn't Sam believe that Emmett brought his Army jacket on the trip to Washington because he thought it might be cold?

5. What does Dawn tell her when Sam tells her Lonnie is going to a stag party?

6. How does Sam see the waitress at Howard Johnson's where she, Mawmaw, and Emmett eat on their trip?

7. What reasons does Sam have for trying to persuade Emmett to get a job?

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

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

10. Why does Hopewell have Flag Days?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sam feels she knows nothing about herself, her name, and her father. How are these feelings manifested and how do they drive her to find out more about her history?

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

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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