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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had Emmett ridden with to Lexington?

2. What is the card table covered with at Tom's apartment?

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

4. Mawmaw sets a platter of what on the table to eat?

5. In Sam's opinion, the writer Thoreau was what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How determined is Grandma Smith to go to Florida?

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

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

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

5. How does Sam perceive the Washington Monument and the flag near the Vietnam Memorial?

6. How does Irene describe Bob?

7. Why does Sam have the feeling that everyone around her is shooting off in all directions?

8. How does Sam feel about cats and what does Dawn say about them?

9. What does Tom say about his state of mind concerning his sexual interaction with women?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Lexington and Hopewell. What are Irene's feelings about both places in relation to Sam?

Essay Topic 2

Sam is resentful of her mother's new baby. Explain why.

Essay Topic 3

Mawmaw seems out of touch with her own feelings and with modern reality. Explain how and why this irritates Sam.

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