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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emmett remember most about Vietnam when Sam asks him to talk to her about it?
(a) The smell of fish sauce.
(b) The taste of beans and ham.
(c) Agent Orange.
(d) Flying over Saigon.

2. What present does Martha get for her son's wedding that perplexes Sam?
(a) A candle holder.
(b) A gun rack.
(c) A spice rack.
(d) An apron and tea towel set.

3. What does Lonnie say of people's behavior at weddings?
(a) Nobody eats hors d'oevres.
(b) Kids get hyperactive.
(c) Men start losing their decorum.
(d) Everybody gets drunk.

4. Where does Sam speculate that her father with his family might have moved had he lived?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Boca Raton.
(c) Memphis.
(d) New York.

5. What does Emmett think is wrong with the VW?
(a) The alternator is quitting.
(b) The transmission is going.
(c) The oil pan is leaking.
(d) The brakes are shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What video game are Anita and Emmett playing when Sam calls Lonnie?

2. What did Sam hear Emmett doing in the middle of the night before the dance?

3. What brand of brownie mix does Anita prefer?

4. What does Emmett say that Anita is too much of for her own good?

5. What does Sam buy at Flag Days?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between Dwayne and Emmett in relation to Vietnam?

2. What does Sam feel when she hears the new Beatles song on the radio?

3. Why doesn't Sam believe that Emmett brought his Army jacket on the trip to Washington because he thought it might be cold?

4. How does the media treat the elections as Sam and Emmett watch the coverage on TV?

5. Why didn't Sam move to Lexington with her mother and her new husband?

6. What makes Emmett say that Earl gets up on his high horse?

7. How does Sam feel about Dawn's news of being pregnant?

8. What do Sam and Dawn have in common concerning their living arrangements?

9. Why is it ironic that Colonel Blake fell out of the sky on his way home from the war?

10. What does Sam have in her purse that she thinks Mawmaw would have a heart attack if she found out was there and what is her plan if she gets pulled over by the police?

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