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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Abraham Swinton buried?
(a) Eternal Rest Cemetery.
(b) Pleasant Home Cemetery.
(c) Spring Creek Cemetery.
(d) Rose of Sharon Cemetery.

2. During a lunchtime argument Jacob remembered Charlie Rhodes having, who tried to clam Charlie down?
(a) Stevie McLaughlin.
(b) Fats.
(c) Sam Robinson.
(d) Will Anderson.

3. What type of piano was a man playing at a mall when Isaac decided he wanted to play the piano?
(a) Wurlitzer.
(b) Kimball.
(c) Steinway.
(d) Baldwin.

4. When did Esau die?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1955.

5. What year was the Chevy Bobby Joe was driving when he drove Jacob to Kansas City?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1958.

6. Where does Jacob remember that he Charlie and other guys from the post office would eat their lunches?
(a) Beneath a tree.
(b) Picnic tables near the parking lot.
(c) Breakroom.
(d) Front porch.

7. Where did Rachel begin volunteering?
(a) Homeless shelter.
(b) Women's shelter.
(c) Junior high school.
(d) Elementary school.

8. Where did Rachel want to go to college?
(a) Morris.
(b) Shaw.
(c) Oberlin.
(d) Howard.

9. What did Black's father do for a living?
(a) Trash collector.
(b) Mechanic.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Janitor.

10. On November 12, 2003, how long does Jacob think it has been since he has seen Isaac?
(a) 10 or 15 years.
(b) 18 years.
(c) 10 or 20 years.
(d) 25 years.

11. When did the American government start the Tuskegee syphilis experiment?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1930s.

12. At what mall did Jacob, Rachel, and Isaac see a man playing the piano and inspired Isaac to want to play?
(a) Antioch Center.
(b) Blue Ridge Mall.
(c) The Landing.
(d) Indian Springs Mall.

13. When Jacob did get to school, how often did he go?
(a) 5 times a month.
(b) 10 times a month.
(c) Once or twice a month.
(d) Once or twice a week.

14. What does Jacob remember was his baseball team's name when he hit a homerun?
(a) Blackwell Tigers.
(b) Blackwell Lions.
(c) Blackwell Cougars.
(d) Blackwell Jaguars.

15. How old was Isaac when he had a crying jag and nothing would calm him?
(a) 3 months.
(b) About a year.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 10 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Jacob remember seeing Margaret Thatcher become the leader of the British Conservative Party?

2. How many people could the dance floor at Jake's Juke Joint hold?

3. Where was Jake's Juke Joint located?

4. How old was Isaac when Jacob started forcing boy things upon him?

5. Where was Bobby Joe working in Kansas City when Jacob went to Kansas City?

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