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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jacob tell Isaac that his house had been made of?
(a) Cedar.
(b) Oak.
(c) Walnut.
(d) Birch.

2. In the 1970s, what was the name of the boy Jacob's lover had who died?
(a) Reuben.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Martin.
(d) Michael.

3. How old was Rachel when Isaac had a lead in a school play?
(a) 30.
(b) 32.
(c) 31.
(d) 29.

4. What was the name of the woman who got pregnant when she and Jacob were seeing one another?
(a) Margaret Davidson.
(b) Valerie Wilson.
(c) Leah Campbell.
(d) Sophia Lewis.

5. What grade did Isaac get on a family tree project for history?
(a) B+.
(b) A-.
(c) B-.
(d) A.

6. How much land did Jacob's family have to sell during the Depression?
(a) 150 acres.
(b) 200 acres.
(c) 100 acres.
(d) 50 acres.

7. When did Jacob take Isaac to Arkansas?
(a) Summer after his 16th birthday.
(b) Summer after his 15th birthday.
(c) Summer after his 13th birthday.
(d) Summer after his 14th birthday.

8. How many children does Jacob say that the daughter of Wilson and Chaney who was mauled by a bobcat had?
(a) 10.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

9. When Jacob was a child, how many Black children had their own bedroom?
(a) 3.
(b) None.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

10. Over whose grave did Isaac pray in an unknown tongue?
(a) His grandmother's.
(b) His great-grandmother's.
(c) His uncle's.
(d) His great-grandfather's.

11. When Jacob took Isaac to Arkansas, how many times had Jacob been to a library?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) None.
(d) 2.

12. Where did Henry Moore work?
(a) College.
(b) School.
(c) Law office.
(d) Grocery.

13. What did Isaac need that caused him to talk to Jacob after the beating?
(a) Money for art supplies.
(b) Money for a history project.
(c) Money for canvas.
(d) Money for books.

14. When did the girls stop coming to see Isaac?
(a) His senior year.
(b) His junior year.
(c) His sophomore year.
(d) His freshman year.

15. What book did Rachel give Jacob after Isaac finished college?
(a) The Mis-Education of the Negro.
(b) The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
(c) The Souls of Black Folk.
(d) Where Do We Go from Here.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Jacob imagine standing by him disapprovingly after he beat Isaac?

2. What was the name of Henry Moore's mother?

3. How old was Jacob the first time he had sex?

4. What did Isaac draw that won an art competition?

5. When Rachel called the police on Jacob, where was Isaac bleeding from?

(see the answer keys)

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