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

2. When did Jacob and Rachel marry?

3. What Black performer did Jacob see when he moved to Kansas City?

4. When Jacob did get to school, how often did he go?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the Tuskegee syphilis experiment?

3. What does Jacob remember about playing baseball in school?

4. How and when did Esau die?

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

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

7. How was Jacob educated?

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

9. How did Jacob feel when Isaac was born?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jacob was brought up at a time when men ruled their families. How did the qualities of manhood change during Jacob's life? Why did Jacob struggle to understand what type of man to be and how did his struggles affect his marriage and his parenting?

Essay Topic 2

Rachel struggled after marriage and becoming a mother. Why did Rachel struggle with marriage and motherhood?

Essay Topic 3

Jacob was taught by his grandfather and society that to be a man was to be authoritarian. How did reading change Jacob’s conception of what it meant to be a man?

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