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

2. What did Jacob have for lunch the day Charlie and Fats argued about King becoming the first Black president?
(a) Ham sandwich and potato chips.
(b) Tuna salad sandwich and potato chips.
(c) Fried bologna sandwich and potato chips.
(d) Chicken salad sandwich and potato chips.

3. How old was Isaac when Jacob started forcing boy things upon him?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jacob dying from?

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

3. When did the American government start the Tuskegee syphilis experiment?

4. When did Jacob and Rachel marry?

5. How old was Isaac when he had a crying jag and nothing would calm him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were men and women's roles in the 1960s?

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

3. How does Jacob describe the poverty he experienced as a child?

4. Why does Jacob write to Isaac?

5. When and how did Jacob and Rachel meet?

6. Why did Jacob decide he would never leave Kansas City once he arrived?

7. How did Jacob spend his teen years?

8. How did Rachel's crushed dream to go to college affect her marriage to Jacob?

9. What was the Tuskegee syphilis experiment?

10. On December 1, why does Jacob say that dying is hard work?

(see the answer keys)

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