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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. Who did Jacob tell Isaac was the first girl he had sex with?
2. How long after Isaac left for a job after finishing college, did Charlie tell Isaac to take some time before he was fired?
3. How old was Isaac when he was spiraling out of control after Isaac finished college?
4. What was the name of the woman who got pregnant when she and Jacob were seeing one another?
5. In what row did Jacob and Rachel sit when Isaac had a lead in a school play?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Isaac say about classes and college life after his first semester in college?
2. Where does Jacob think he should have raised Isaac and what does he want Isaac to do with the land?
3. When Jacob and Isaac visited the Rose of Sharon Cemetery, why did Jacob tell Isaac he was privileged?
4. What does Rachel do when Jacob berates Isaac for performing in Little Orphan Andy at breakfast?
5. Who did Jacob have an affair with in the 1970s and how did he describe the affair?
6. How are the graves of Jacob's family marked?
7. What conversation did Jacob and Isaac have about fishing when they went to Arkansas?
8. Where did Isaac go after college and how did he get there?
9. What did Jacob think about what Isaac painted that won an art competition?
10. Why did Rachel call the police on Jacob?
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
The tensions between Jacob and Rachel caused strained family dynamics. How would you describe the dynamics between Jacob, Rachel, and Isaac? Why were they strained?
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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