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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 Bobby Joe working in Kansas City when Jacob went to Kansas City?
(a) Goodyear Tire & Rubber.
(b) National Beef Packing.
(c) Tyson Meats.
(d) Folger Coffee Company.

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

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

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

5. When Isaac was born, how often would Jacob rush home from work to see him and tickle him?
(a) Every other day.
(b) Every day.
(c) Every couple days.
(d) Once a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Charlie Rhodes think was the most revolutionary leader Black people ever had?

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

3. What type of pie did people love to eat that Jacob's grandmother made?

4. What was one of Jacob's favorite songs when he moved to Kansas City?

5. What was the name of Rachel's aunt that she came to see when she visited Arkansas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jacob learn about his grandfather after he died?

2. What was the Tuskegee syphilis experiment?

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

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

5. When and how did Jacob's grandfather die, and how does Jacob feel?

6. How and when did Esau die?

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

8. What was the house like that Jacob bought when he married Rachel?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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