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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 had Sam lost the desire for one Christmas that parallel's her loss of desire for Lonnie?

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

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

4. Where does Pap say Fred Turner's boy is stationed in the Air Force?

5. What does Sam think the baby's hand is like?

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. What do the arms of the willow tree shadowed on her wall remind Sam of?

3. How does Irene describe Bob?

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

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

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

7. How does Sam react as they are getting closer to the Vietnam Memorial?

8. Why didn't Sam give her mother the ceramic cat she decorated when Irene gave her $600 to buy the car?

9. What does Tom say about his state of mind concerning his sexual interaction with women?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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

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