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

2. How was the gym decorated for the dance?

3. What does Emmett think Jim is saying when he is talking about rap groups?

4. Why didn't Lonnie get a basketball scholarship to Murray?

5. What was it like for Sam to hear the new Beatles song on the radio?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What reasons does Sam have for trying to persuade Emmett to get a job?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Dawn feel about her father?

8. Why doesn't Sam believe that Emmett brought his Army jacket on the trip to Washington because he thought it might be cold?

9. 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?

10. Why does Hopewell have Flag Days?

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

To Sam, Dawn represents the status quo in Hopewell. How? What does Sam tell her to to do to avoid being part of the norm there?

Essay Topic 3

What does the egret symbolize for Emmett? Discuss various instances in the book where Emmett looks for the egret and what it means to him.

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