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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Eric doing at the beginning of The Man Child?
(a) Running home.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Walking across the fields.

4. What happens while the brother plays across the street from his apartment in The Rockpile?
(a) The gardener yells at the boys.
(b) The treehouse breaks.
(c) A fight breaks out.
(d) The subway crashes below.

5. How long does the brother spend across the street from his apartment?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) Longer than 5 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 45 minutes.

6. Which son is not Gabriel's biological son?
(a) Roy.
(b) Richard.
(c) John and Roy.
(d) John.

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

8. At the end of The Man Child, what does Eric tell Jamie he can have?
(a) All his money.
(b) His dad's business.
(c) His dog.
(d) All his land.

9. Who goes to intercept Gabriel as he comes home in The Rockpile?
(a) Sister McCandless.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) John.
(d) Roy.

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

11. When lunch begins, what does everyone eat out of in The Outing?
(a) Plates.
(b) Cups.
(c) Bowls.
(d) Baskets.

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

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

14. What does Gabriel make a point to tell John?
(a) To behave.
(b) To go make him a plate of food.
(c) To be respectful.
(d) To go shower.

15. What does the brother become distracted by when he goes to play with his friends across the street?
(a) A drawing of a treehouse.
(b) A drawing of a bird.
(c) A drawing of a ship.
(d) A drawing of a locomotive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Grimes' boys sit every Saturday in The Rockpile?

2. Who would one day inherit the land Eric is to inherit from his father?

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

4. What does Peter's dinner date hit him affectionately with?

5. In The Outing, who has appeared to become attached to Sylvia's side?

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