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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 Irene say of Campbell's Soup as Emmett is eating split pea soup from the can?

2. What correspondence course does Lonnie want to take to get work?

3. Who finds Sam at Caewood's Pond?

4. Since Dawn got pregnant, Sam has been feeling that if she doesn't watch her step, her life could be ruined by something stupid like what?

5. What does Tom notice most about Sam's physique?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sam think would have happened if her parents had waited to have her until Dwayne got back from the war?

2. Why does Sam make her mother's bed up with two fitted bottom sheets?

3. What is happening to Sam's perception as she spends time in Tom's apartment?

4. Why did Emmett get soured on the war and who did he get involved with afterward?

5. Why does Sam have the feeling that everyone around her is shooting off in all directions?

6. How does Sam feel about cats and what does Dawn say about them?

7. Why hadn't the the previous occupant of Sam's house, Bessie, thrown away the liquor bottles her husband had drunk from?

8. Where is Sam when a man tries to pick up on her and how does she react to his advances?

9. How does Emmett react to Sam's admonishment of her father's feelings toward the war that he expressed in his journal?

10. In Dwayne's journal, what happens when he follows the Vietcong?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Describe Emmett's reaction to finding Sam at Caewood's Pond. Why does he have this reaction?

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