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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 is Dawn doing to Sam at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Feeding her.
(b) Calling her.
(c) Braiding her hair.
(d) Piercing her ears.

2. Where does Tom say the bird that Emmett is looking for resided in Vietnam?
(a) Near mountain passes.
(b) Along rice paddies.
(c) On the beach.
(d) In palm trees.

3. What does Dawn want to buy at the drugstore?
(a) A card for Ken.
(b) Some folic acid.
(c) Some Band-Aids.
(d) A pregnancy kit.

4. When M*A*S*H ends its run, what does Emmett say is not the same?
(a) Sam's attitude.
(b) Television.
(c) His take on war.
(d) AfterMash.

5. What book of Anita's does Sam set her sweaty glass on?
(a) The Bible.
(b) "Out on a Limb", by Shirley MacLaine.
(c) "Life is a Bowl of Cherries...", by Erma Bombeck.
(d) "I'm Ok, You're Ok", by Thomas Harris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pete Simms' wife bring for food to the dance?

2. Because of working on the foundation of the house, Emmett becomes acutely conscious of what?

3. What does the doctor do when Emmett mentions Agent Orange as a possibility for his skin problems?

4. Emmett's ability to become absorbed in thought over mundane things makes him good at what?

5. Where has Sam left his ring?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sam feel about Bruce Springsteen?

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

3. For Sam, what is the difference between the way people express their feelings on TV versus how they do in real life?

4. How does Anita describe the police officer she is dating from Benton?

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

6. Why doesn't Lonnie want to be an electrician?

7. Why does Emmett warn Sam and Lonnie not to let Moon Pie outside when the leave for Caewood's Pond?

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

9. How does Anita act towards Emmett when she comes over for dinner?

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

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