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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall was Jacob when he and Rachel met?
(a) 6 feet 3 inches.
(b) 6 feet.
(c) 6 feet 1.
(d) 5 feet 11 inches.

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

3. How many times did Jacob take Isaac fishing?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. About how tall was Rachel when Jacob met her?
(a) 5 feet 7 inches.
(b) 5 feet 5 inches.
(c) 5 feet 8 inches.
(d) 5 feet 2 inches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Black's father a boy growing up?

2. When Isaac was born, how often would Jacob rush home from work to see him and tickle him?

3. When does Jacob spend most of the day vomiting blood?

4. What does Jacob remember was his baseball team's name when he hit a homerun?

5. What grade was Isaac in when he said he no longer wanted to play piano?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jacob remember winning a game for his team during a playground game?

2. When did Jacob's grandmother die, and how did life go on?

3. Why does Jacob write to Isaac?

4. What did Jacob remember about Isaac playing the piano?

5. In 1974, why did Jacob throw away Isaac's action figurines?

6. When did Rachel start drinking and why were those times difficult?

7. What book did Rachel read that changed her and what did Jacob think of the book?

8. What was the Tuskegee syphilis experiment?

9. How was Jacob brought up by his grandparents?

10. How did Jacob spend his teen years?

(see the answer keys)

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