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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is John unhappy at the end of The Outing?
(a) He senses a change in David.
(b) He missed talking to Sylvia.
(c) He hates Roy.
(d) He loves Sylvia.

2. In Previous Conditions, what does Peter realize after he has a few drinks in Harlem?
(a) He does not fit in there, either.
(b) He misses home.
(c) He feels at home.
(d) He wants to move to Harlem.

3. What exists across the street from the Grimes family?
(a) A garden.
(b) A rockpile.
(c) A cave.
(d) A treehouse.

4. What is the item Gabriel's wife instructs John to pick up very close to?
(a) The door.
(b) Gabriel's face.
(c) Gabriel's fist.
(d) Gabriel's workboot.

5. Who decides to go join his friends one day while they play across the street from the Grimes' apartment?
(a) Roy.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Gabriel.
(d) John.

6. In The Outing, what does Sylvia ask David?
(a) If he will kiss her.
(b) If he will go on a walk with her.
(c) Why he is not saved.
(d) Why she has never seen him before.

7. What does Peter make an excuse for in Previous Conditions?
(a) To not be intimate.
(b) To not go out for desert.
(c) To leave.
(d) To avoid a trip.

8. What body part is Eric washing as Jamie comes up to him?
(a) His feet.
(b) His hair.
(c) His hands.
(d) His face.

9. Who carries the brother home in The Rockpile?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Roy.
(c) John.
(d) Someone.

10. What flies towards and hits the brother while he plays across the street from the Grimes' apartment?
(a) A can.
(b) A rock.
(c) A tree branch.
(d) A cherry.

11. What is Gabriel's personality like?
(a) Happy.
(b) Dry.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Highly religious.

12. How many days go by before Peter gets a visitor?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 1 week.

13. Who is Eric's father's best friend?
(a) Janey.
(b) James.
(c) Janis.
(d) Jamie.

14. Who goes to intercept Gabriel as he comes home in The Rockpile?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Sister McCandless.
(c) Roy.
(d) John.

15. Why does Eric think his mother will be angry at him?
(a) For tearing his jeans.
(b) For making a bad grade.
(c) For being late to supper.
(d) For losing his gym clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John make a snide comment to Gabriel in The Outing?

2. In The Outing, who finds themselves alone during lunch?

3. When lunch begins, what does everyone eat out of in The Outing?

4. Who would one day inherit the land Eric is to inherit from his father?

5. Who begins to feel like a sinner in The Outing?

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