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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 did Jacob always feel when he came home from Arkansas?
(a) Reinvigorated.
(b) Sad and pensive.
(c) Wishful and restive.
(d) At peace and rested.

2. When did Isaac graduate from college?
(a) May 1985.
(b) May 1986.
(c) May 1983.
(d) May 1984.

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

4. How many brothers and sisters did Henry Moore have who all died before finishing high school?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

5. Where did Jacob take Isaac after they went into the woods in Arkansas?
(a) Cemetery.
(b) House.
(c) Restaurant.
(d) Grocery store.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the 1970s, what was the name of the boy Jacob's lover had who died?

3. When Jacob moved out of the house, how far was his basement apartment from where Rachel and Isaac still lived?

4. What was one of the books Charlie gave Jacob to read that Jacob noticed Rachel had?

5. How many times did Rachel fail to carry a child to full-term?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Isaac go after college and how did he get there?

2. What does Rachel do when Jacob berates Isaac for performing in Little Orphan Andy at breakfast?

3. Where does Jacob think he should have raised Isaac and what does he want Isaac to do with the land?

4. What conversation did Jacob and Rachel have after he read The Color Purple?

5. What trip did Jacob and Isaac make the summer after Isaac's 14th birthday?

6. How were things good for a while after Jacob and Isaac returned from Arkansas?

7. What did Jacob realize about Black men and emotions after reading Malcolm X?

8. How did Rachel help Jacob when he spiraled out of control after Isaac graduated from college?

9. How did Isaac act when he saw the graves of his great-grandparents and Esau?

10. Why did Jacob walk out when Isaac was performing in Little Orphan Andy?

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