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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grandma Smith call Grandpa?
(a) A tightwad.
(b) A Samaritan.
(c) A spite horse.
(d) A ne'er -do-well.

2. While the transmission of the VW is being fixed, Sam goes where?
(a) The record store and punk clothing store.
(b) The food court.
(c) The pet store.
(d) The restroom.

3. What disease does Pap think will be cured by painting his dog with sulfur, saltpeter, and burnt crankcase oil?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Mange.
(c) Bloat.
(d) Lime Disease.

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

5. What does she imagine the smell in her house is?
(a) Agent Orange.
(b) Mortar fire.
(c) A skunk.
(d) Chopper fuel.

6. What is going on in New Orleans that Lorenzo jones thinks Mawmaw should see?
(a) The circus.
(b) The World Series.
(c) The World's Fair.
(d) The Cake-Decorating Championships.

7. Sam finds a year's worth of what that had been saved for the Boy Scouts in the basement?
(a) Old clothes.
(b) Canned food.
(c) Reader's Digest.
(d) The Hopewell Citizen.

8. What has caused the tiny bumps on Tom's back?
(a) Shrapnel.
(b) Cat hair.
(c) Chloracne.
(d) Gravel.

9. What is Lonnie eating for breakfast that he thinks is good for a hangover?
(a) Cold asparagus.
(b) Raw steak.
(c) Cheerios with Coke poured over them.
(d) Cocoa leaves.

10. What does Sam say she could get into to try to get TOm to want to be with her when she buys the car from him?
(a) Dirt bikes.
(b) Video games.
(c) Car tools.
(d) Morbid comic books.

11. What movie does Lonnie ask if Sam wants to go see?
(a) The Spy Who Loved Me.
(b) Stripes.
(c) Ghostbusters.
(d) Return of the Jedi.

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

13. What radio station's DJ's tell sick jokes that Sam doesn't like?
(a) KLEX.
(b) KISS-100.
(c) KY102.
(d) Rock-95.

14. What is Mawmaw's daughter's name?
(a) Candace.
(b) Genevive.
(c) Donna.
(d) Alma.

15. Darrel carries what around for good luck?
(a) A coin from his birth year.
(b) A pearl from his mother's necklace.
(c) A dead enemy soldier's tooth.
(d) A mangy rabbit's foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam use to swab her pierced ears?

2. Where does Donna's husband work?

3. The Washington Monument is a gleaming what against the sky, according to the author?

4. Men were nostalgic about what sometimes that bothered Sam?

5. Since Dawn got pregnant, Sam has been feeling that if she doesn't watch her step, her life could be ruined by something stupid like what?

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