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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 the doctor do when Emmett mentions Agent Orange as a possibility for his skin problems?

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

3. A bunch of average-looking pull up in what kind of car as Sam is leaving Burger Boy?

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

5. What had Sam been told had probably killed her father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Dawn feel about her father?

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

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

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

6. What is the excuse Sam thinks to herself that might keep her from going to Lonnie's brother's wedding?

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

8. Why does Emmett warn Sam and Lonnie not to let Moon Pie outside when the leave for Caewood's Pond?

9. Why doesn't Lonnie want to be an electrician?

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

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What does having a car symbolize for Sam? How does she feel when she finally gets it?

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