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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 Lonnie tell Sam to get to eat because she is too skinny?
2. There are apparently no nightmares in the jungle, just what?
3. How big does Emmett say the fleas are in Vietnam?
4. What does Sam think the baby's hand is like?
5. Because of the jungle marching, Dwayne writes that his feet look like what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Irene want Emmett to warn her next time he comes to Lexington and how does Emmett respond to her sarcasm?
2. How does Lonnie feel about Sam's car and how does Sam respond to his feelings?
3. In Dwayne's journal, what happens when he follows the Vietcong?
4. What is happening to Sam's perception as she spends time in Tom's apartment?
5. What does Sam think would have happened if her parents had waited to have her until Dwayne got back from the war?
6. Why hadn't the the previous occupant of Sam's house, Bessie, thrown away the liquor bottles her husband had drunk from?
7. How does Emmett react to Sam's admonishment of her father's feelings toward the war that he expressed in his journal?
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 Sam hope Tom will do the day after their encounter at his apartment?
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
Emmett spends many hours digging a hole next to the foundation of the house. What does he say are his reasons for doing so? What does Sam think his real reason is for doing it?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
How is Sam's impression of Vietnam different from soldier accounts of life there? How does Emmett feel about her impression of the war?
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