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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 Emmett say causes cancer?

2. To whom does Emmett explain that the Romans and Egyptians are great excavators and builders?

3. What aspect of Sam's house seems like some repressed life that wanted to emerge?

4. What does Sam think beer smells like when Lonnie kisses her and it is on his breath? Sulpher

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hopewell have Flag Days?

2. How does Sam feel about Dawn's news of being pregnant?

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. What makes Emmett say that Earl gets up on his high horse?

8. How does Dawn feel about her father?

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

10. How does Tom feel about making it back 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

How does Sam react when she finally gets to the Vietnam Memorial? How does finding aversion her own name on the memorial affect her? How do Mawmaw and Emmett react?

Essay Topic 3

The television show, M*A*S*H, is mentioned throughout the book. Why do Sam and Emmett watch it religiously? How does it strengthen the bond between them?

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