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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days off did Jacob and Esau have when they were teens and working with their grandfather?

2. When was Issac born?

3. What did Jacob have for lunch the day Charlie and Fats argued about King becoming the first Black president?

4. What year was the Chevy Bobby Joe was driving when he drove Jacob to Kansas City?

5. Where did Jacob grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Jacob brought up by his grandparents?

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

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

4. Why does Jacob write to Isaac?

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

6. When and how did Jacob and Rachel meet?

7. What was life like for Black children when Black's father was growing up?

8. How did Jacob feel when Isaac was born?

9. What was the Tuskegee syphilis experiment?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand Jacob?

Essay Topic 2

Jacob and Rachel got married quickly when she became pregnant. How were they different from one another? How did those differences turn into incompatibilities?

Essay Topic 3

Jacob’s grandfather was a stern, authoritarian man. What relationship did Jacob have with his grandfather? Why did he struggle with how his grandfather was remembered after his death?

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