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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. How much does Emmett complain that his skin doctor appointment costs?

2. What does the injured soldier do on M*A*S*H do that Emmett points out to Anita?

3. What does Sam say that vets often get in their head?

4. What does Emmett tell Sam is Bruce Springsteen's nickname?

5. Hopewell doesn't have a mall, but it has a shopping center between Penney's and this place where Sam meets dawn.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Sam think society has changed towards women becomeing pregnant out of wedlock?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why is Tom attractive to Sam? Why won't he return her affections?

Essay Topic 3

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

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