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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. Who does Sam realize that Ronald Reagan looks exactly like?
(a) A stick of beef jerkey.
(b) Dagwood Bumstead.
(c) Arnold Schwartzenegger.
(d) Her grandfather.

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

3. What does Lorenzo Jones collect?
(a) Jim Beam bottles.
(b) Imported beer cans.
(c) Stamps.
(d) Rocks.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pap say Fred Turner's boy is stationed in the Air Force?

2. What made Sam want to cry at Mawmaw's farm?

3. What greets Sam when she gets back to her house?

4. According to Grandma Smith, what do young folks not appreciate?

5. Where does toilet water flow clockwise, according to Sam?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't Sam give her mother the ceramic cat she decorated when Irene gave her $600 to buy the car?

2. How does Sam feel about her current status as a runaway?

3. When Tom asks if Sam wants eggs, what does she assume will happen?

4. Why hadn't the the previous occupant of Sam's house, Bessie, thrown away the liquor bottles her husband had drunk from?

5. How does Emmett end up at Irene's house in Lexington?

6. How does Sam speculate on the moment of origin?

7. What is happening to Sam's perception as she spends time in Tom's apartment?

8. How does Irene describe Bob?

9. Why does Sam have trouble caring about her father?

10. What does Sam think would have happened if her parents had waited to have her until Dwayne got back from the war?

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