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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 Emmett say when Sam tells him she is not afraid of snakes or hoot owls?

2. Why does Sam think women wanted to have jobs?

3. What is Mawmaw's daughter's name?

4. What is the card table covered with at Tom's apartment?

5. Who had Emmett ridden with to Lexington?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Irene ask Sam about the plot of the movie, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"?

2. Why does a curious pleasure steal over Sam as she hears someone approaching on the boardwalk at Caewood's Pond?

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

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

5. How does Irene describe Bob?

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

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

8. When Tom asks if Sam wants eggs, what does she assume will happen?

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

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

Mawmaw seems out of touch with her own feelings and with modern reality. Explain how and why this irritates Sam.

Essay Topic 2

The television show, M*A*S*H, is mentioned throughout the book. Why do Sam and Emmett watch it religiously? How does it strengthen the bond between them?

Essay Topic 3

Anita loves Emmett very much. Why can't Emmett have a relationship with her? What does Sam speculate at different times in the book might be his problem with Anita and women in general?

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