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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 is Mawmaw's daughter's name?

2. From where did Lonnie and his buddies get joke presents for the stag party?

3. Where does Irene want to go that she doesn't think she will ever get to?

4. What is Irene watching on TV while Sam and Emmett clear out her old room?

5. Where did Irene and Dwayne get married?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sam have trouble caring about her father?

2. How determined is Grandma Smith to go to Florida?

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

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

5. Why does Irene want Emmett to warn her next time he comes to Lexington and how does Emmett respond to her sarcasm?

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

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

8. How does Lonnie feel about Sam's car and how does Sam respond to his feelings?

9. How does Emmett end up at Irene's house in Lexington?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The house Sam lives in is falling apart. Explain how the house is a metaphor for in this book.

Essay Topic 2

Irene has moved on with her life since Dwayne died. How has she done this, and how does Sam feel about it?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Lexington and Hopewell. What are Irene's feelings about both places in relation to Sam?

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