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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Gabriel's personality like?
(a) Sarcastic.
(b) Happy.
(c) Highly religious.
(d) Dry.

3. Where is Eric's sister?
(a) At college.
(b) In a grave.
(c) In Europe.
(d) At boarding school.

4. Who's birthday does the outing fall close to this year?
(a) Sylvia's.
(b) John's.
(c) David's.
(d) Roy's.

5. Which of the following does the community NOT do upon arriving to their destination?
(a) Take a hike.
(b) Witness to unsaved people.
(c) Go on picnics.
(d) Swim.

6. In The Rockpile, how long does the brother promise to stay with his friends across the street?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

7. Who decides to go join his friends one day while they play across the street from the Grimes' apartment?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Roy.
(c) John.
(d) Gabriel.

8. What do the two characters take advantage of in their moment alone?
(a) The time to kiss.
(b) The time to be away from the adults.
(c) The time to embrace.
(d) The time to tell secrets.

9. Why is John unhappy at the end of The Outing?
(a) He hates Roy.
(b) He loves Sylvia.
(c) He missed talking to Sylvia.
(d) He senses a change in David.

10. Who is crying in another room upon Gabriel's return home?
(a) His sister.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His wife.
(d) His oldest son.

11. What did Eric's father tell Jamie to quit doing in Eric's memory?
(a) Torturing his cat.
(b) Torturing his dog.
(c) Drinking whisky.
(d) Eating.

12. What does Peter's dinner date hit him affectionately with?
(a) A napkin.
(b) A spoon.
(c) A fork.
(d) Her hand.

13. Where does Jamie tell Eric his father wants to see him at in The Man Child?
(a) The shed.
(b) The outhouse.
(c) The barn.
(d) Inside the house.

14. What do the Grimes' boys watch every Saturday?
(a) Other boys play in the treehouse.
(b) Other boys play on the rockpile.
(c) Other boys play in the garden.
(d) Other boys play in the cave.

15. Where did Eric's father take Eric in his memory?
(a) No where.
(b) To the factory.
(c) On a walk.
(d) To the treehouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys plan to give as a birthday gift in The Outing?

2. What is the item Gabriel's wife instructs John to pick up very close to?

3. What is Eric doing at the beginning of The Man Child?

4. In Previous Conditions, what does Peter realize after he has a few drinks in Harlem?

5. What do Peter and his date agree to do after dinner?

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