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

3. What makes Irene's hair look like Mrs. Biggs' forsythia bush?

4. What does Sam's mouth taste like to her in the morning after being at Tom's?

5. Which panel of the Vietnam Memorial shows Dayne Hughes' name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Sam hope Tom will do the day after their encounter at his apartment?

6. How does Irene describe Bob?

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

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

9. How does Sam speculate on the moment of origin?

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

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

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

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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