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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. At which restaurant do Mawmaw, Sam, and Emmett eat?

2. What kind of car does Sam long for?

3. What does Sam think is tragic about Dawn?

4. What does Emmett say that Anita is too much of for her own good?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Anita act towards Emmett when she comes over for dinner?

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

5. Why does Sam think America could have won the Vietnam War if the enemy understood English?

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

7. How does Sam feel about Bruce Springsteen?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mawmaw seems out of touch with her own feelings and with modern reality. Explain how and why this irritates Sam.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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