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

2. What does Sam buy at Flag Days?

3. How does Sam think Emmett has been progressing over the years?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Emmett respond when Sam asks idf he is afraid their house will fall down?

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

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

4. What do Sam and Dawn have in common concerning their living arrangements?

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

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

7. How does Sam feel about Bruce Springsteen?

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

9. Describe the section of town where Tom has his garage.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What effect has the Vetnam War had on Emmett? How does it compare to the effect it had on other veterans of the war?

Essay Topic 2

Sam believes Emmett has been exposed to Agent Orange. Why does she think this? How does Emmett react? Why does she worry so much about Emmett?

Essay Topic 3

Sam is resentful of her mother's new baby. Explain why.

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