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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Peter have dinner with after arguing with Jules in Previous Conditions?
(a) Ira.
(b) Ida.
(c) Iva.
(d) Eva.

2. Who did Eric's father tell Eric worked too hard?
(a) Eric's father and brother.
(b) Jamie.
(c) Jamie's father and Jamie.
(d) Eric's grandfather and himself.

3. What have children been warned about in regards to what lies across the street from the Grimes' apartment?
(a) The cave will collapse if someone enters.
(b) Moving the rocks will cause the subway below to crash and kill people.
(c) To not play in the garden.
(d) To only let 4 people in the treehouse at a time.

4. When does the annual outing occur?
(a) Easter.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) The 4th of July.
(d) Memorial Day.

5. What does Peter make an excuse for in Previous Conditions?
(a) To avoid a trip.
(b) To not go out for desert.
(c) To not be intimate.
(d) To leave.

6. What memory does Eric remember in The Man Child?
(a) The birthday party they had for Eric's dad.
(b) Christmas when he was 9.
(c) Christmas when he was 8.
(d) The birthday party they had for Jamie.

7. What is the name of Peter's friend who is renting him a room?
(a) Julie West.
(b) Jules Westerman.
(c) Juliette Westers.
(d) Jules Weissman.

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

9. What do the boys in The Outing wait for upon arriving to their destination?
(a) Sylvia to be alone.
(b) To jump off the rope swing.
(c) To go canoeing.
(d) To go horseback riding.

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

11. 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.

12. What did Eric's father buy from Jamie?
(a) Jamie's house.
(b) Jamie's car.
(c) Jamie's business.
(d) Jamie's land.

13. Who has an outing every summer in The Outing?
(a) The church.
(b) Work.
(c) The school.
(d) The factory.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John make a snide comment to Gabriel in The Outing?

2. Where did Eric's father take Eric in his memory?

3. Who is David in The Outing?

4. In what season do the events of The Rockpile take place?

5. Where does Jamie take Eric to at the end of The Man Child?

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