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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 did Emmet put in the courthouse tower that had the town talking?

2. What kind of food does Martha say is going to be at Lonnie's brother's wedding?

3. How was the gym decorated for the dance?

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

5. Which restaurant on the trip has Sam heard is good?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. For Sam, what is the difference between the way people express their feelings on TV versus how they do in real life?

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

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

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

9. What is the reason Sam thinks Jim's wife let him?

10. What does Sam have in her purse that she thinks Mawmaw would have a heart attack if she found out was there and what is her plan if she gets pulled over by the police?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The Beatles are a recurrent motif in the book. What do they represent for Sam?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Emmett's reaction to finding Sam at Caewood's Pond. Why does he have this reaction?

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