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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Previous Conditions about?
(a) How to enjoy life's small things.
(b) Accepting one's race.
(c) How the world is unkind to the black race.
(d) How to escape life's depressing moments.

2. Why has Eric's mom recently been in the hospital?
(a) She miscarried her second baby.
(b) She has migraines.
(c) She is anorexic.
(d) She has very severe asthma.

3. In what season do the events of The Rockpile take place?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

4. Where does Jamie take Eric to at the end of The Man Child?
(a) A tool shed.
(b) The field's Eric is supposed to inherit.
(c) A barn that does not house cows.
(d) A garden shed.

5. What does Gabriel's wife instruct John to pick up amidst Gabriel's rage?
(a) A knife.
(b) Gabriel's lunch pail.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A baseball bat.

6. Where does Eric's mom send him when he arrives home for supper?
(a) The shed.
(b) The barn.
(c) The water pump.
(d) The outhouse.

7. Who does the author mention is specifically usually in attendance at the outing?
(a) Teenagers.
(b) Children.
(c) Musicians.
(d) Non Christian believers.

8. When do the actions of Previous Conditions most likely take place?
(a) The 1950s or 60s.
(b) The 1970s.
(c) The 1930s or 40s.
(d) The 1920s.

9. What exists across the street from the Grimes family?
(a) A treehouse.
(b) A rockpile.
(c) A cave.
(d) A garden.

10. In The Rockpile, what happens after the boy is hit in the head?
(a) His eye swells.
(b) His ear swells.
(c) He faints.
(d) He begins to bleed.

11. In The Outing, who finds themselves alone during lunch?
(a) Gabriel and John.
(b) David and Gabriel.
(c) Brother Elisha and Gabriel.
(d) John and David.

12. Who carries the brother home in The Rockpile?
(a) John.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Roy.
(d) Someone.

13. Why does Eric think his mother will be angry at him?
(a) For being late to supper.
(b) For making a bad grade.
(c) For tearing his jeans.
(d) For losing his gym clothes.

14. How long has Peter had a relationship with his dinner date in Previous Conditions?
(a) Several years.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) Several months.

15. What is the boy's mother concerned about when her son comes home injured?
(a) How much the doctor bill will be.
(b) What her husband will say.
(c) If his vision is impaired.
(d) If he will be OK.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens while the brother plays across the street from his apartment in The Rockpile?

2. Which of the following does the community NOT do upon arriving to their destination?

3. Who ran away from Jamie according to Eric's memory?

4. Who comes to Peter's date's rescue in Previous Conditions?

5. What does Gabriel demand to know from his wife?

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