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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Irene watching on TV while Sam and Emmett clear out her old room?
(a) Remington Steele.
(b) Between Friends.
(c) M*A*S*H.
(d) AfterMash.

2. Where does Irene want to go that she doesn't think she will ever get to?
(a) Italy.
(b) England.
(c) Morocco.
(d) France.

3. What does Sam think the baby's hand is like?
(a) A little ball of dough.
(b) A kitten's paws.
(c) A naked little bird.
(d) A bunch of tiny pretzels in a pillow.

4. How big does Emmett say the fleas are in Vietnam?
(a) The size of puppy dogs.
(b) The size of blood-sucking rats.
(c) The size of rats.
(d) As big as a racoon.

5. From where did Lonnie and his buddies get joke presents for the stag party?
(a) Spencer's.
(b) An adult bookstoore.
(c) The drugstore.
(d) The Comedy Shop.

6. What does Sam think of the United States as she drives to Washington?
(a) That it needs work.
(b) That the people are naive.
(c) That it is so peaceful and well-organized.
(d) That we shouldn't have been in the war at all.

7. There are apparently no nightmares in the jungle, just what?
(a) Silent terror.
(b) Reality.
(c) Paranoia.
(d) Vigilance.

8. According to Sam, her mother had an explanation for everything now that she was taking what class?
(a) Social Science.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Physics.

9. What makes Irene's hair look like Mrs. Biggs' forsythia bush?
(a) The humidity.
(b) Too much blond dye.
(c) Her new curly permanent.
(d) Rat combing and Aquanet.

10. Because of the jungle marching, Dwayne writes that his feet look like what?
(a) Shredded rags.
(b) Peeled potatoes.
(c) Bloody monster hands.
(d) Boiled chicken's feet.

11. According to Dwayne's journal, dealing with the Vietcong is a lot like what?
(a) Hunting rabbits.
(b) Looking for morels.
(c) Chasing ghosts.
(d) Waiting for a wolverine atttack.

12. Who is mad because Darrel's gear is scattered all over the place?
(a) Hot Shot.
(b) Uncle B.
(c) Dwayne.
(d) Bobby G.

13. The deep V of the Vietnam Memorial reminds Sam of what?
(a) The blackness of Tom's despair.
(b) The death marches she has read about.
(c) The pits of Hell.
(d) The white wings of the mall in Paducah.

14. What does Grandma Smith call Emmett's digging and such?
(a) Playing paper dolls.
(b) Avoiding Anita.
(c) Soul searching.
(d) Post-war draft dodging.

15. Apparently the Vietnamese could make a bomb out of what that the Americans threw away?
(a) A plastic bag.
(b) An apple core.
(c) A shell casing.
(d) A Coke can.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tom notice most about Sam's physique?

3. Where does Sam let Emmett out so she can drive around the parking lot while he shops?

4. Sam thinks she has always been good at figuring out what?

5. What was Larry watching when Emmett showed up at Irene's house in Lexington?

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