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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. The morning after Isaac had the lead in a school play, what flowers does Jacob remember were on the breakfast table?

2. What color wig did Isaac wear when he had the lead in a school play?

3. Where did Henry Moore work?

4. On December 17, when does Jacob say the first snow fell?

5. Over whose grave did Isaac pray in an unknown tongue?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Rachel tell Jacob about having children with him, and how did Jacob react?

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

4. What did Isaac say about classes and college life after his first semester in college?

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

6. Why did Rachel call the police on Jacob?

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

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

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

10. Who was Isaac's first girlfriend and what did they do together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Isaac had a lead role in a school play. How did Jacob feel when he went to the performance? Why was Jacob terribly embarrassed and ashamed?

Essay Topic 2

Rachel began to drink excessively. Why did Rachel begin drinking excessively?

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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