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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. What type of piano was a man playing at a mall when Isaac decided he wanted to play the piano?

2. How long after Esau died did Jacob's grandmother die?

3. What does Jacob remember was his baseball team's name when he hit a homerun?

4. When does Jacob think it a better time to die than in his 60s?

5. When was Black's father diagnosed with Alzheimer's?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Jacob spend his teen years?

6. How does Jacob remember winning a game for his team during a playground game?

7. Why does Jacob write to Isaac?

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

9. What was the Tuskegee syphilis experiment?

10. When and how did Jacob and Rachel meet?

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 drifted apart. Why did their marriage end in divorce?

Essay Topic 3

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

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