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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Black's father diagnosed with Alzheimer's?
(a) 2014.
(b) 2016.
(c) 2017.
(d) 2013.

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

3. How many people could the dance floor at Jake's Juke Joint hold?
(a) About 75.
(b) 50 or so.
(c) 40.
(d) 60.

4. What was the name of a girl Rachel hired to watch Isaac when she and Jacob were gone?
(a) Louisa.
(b) Monica.
(c) Jessica.
(d) Anna.

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

6. How long after Esau died did Jacob's grandmother die?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 30 months.
(c) A year.
(d) 18 months.

7. What is Jacob dying from?
(a) Hepatitis.
(b) Black lung disease.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Tuberculosis.

8. Where was Jacob's grandmother from?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Louisiana.

9. What year did Jacob start school?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1948.

10. How old was Rachel when she met Jacob?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 18.

11. What does the name Isaac mean?
(a) Crown.
(b) Protector.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Healer.

12. When Isaac had a crying jag, what was the only thing that would calm him?
(a) A warm cloth.
(b) Stroller ride.
(c) An ice pack.
(d) Laying on Jacob.

13. Where was Elliott sitting when boys tormented him on the playground?
(a) Under a willow.
(b) On a swing.
(c) Tree stump.
(d) On a teeter totter.

14. What did Jacob do when he found Isaac hungry and drity and Rachel in the middle of the floor drunk?
(a) Pulled her up by her hair.
(b) Punched her.
(c) Kicked and slapped her.
(d) Threw her outside.

15. When does Jacob remember seeing Margaret Thatcher become the leader of the British Conservative Party?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1973.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of the year did Jacob leave Blackwell for Kansas City?

2. What is the name of a girl Jacob remembers played baseball when he was in school?

3. Who did Jacob think Isaac looked like?

4. How much older was Jacob's brother, Esau, than Jacob?

5. When did Esau die?

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