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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 was the name of a boy Jacob saw playing ball with his mother at a playground?

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

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

4. Where did Isaac get a job offer after college?

5. What size was the path in the Rose of Sharon cemetery?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Jacob's family get 300 acres of land in Arkansas?

6. When did Isaac decide he wanted to be an actor, and what was his first performance?

7. When Jacob and Isaac visited the Rose of Sharon Cemetery, why did Jacob tell Isaac he was privileged?

8. What did Jacob think about what Isaac painted that won an art competition?

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

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

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

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 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in Don’t Cry for Me to help characters communicate? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand characters, emotions, and ideas?

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