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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Peter's most recent performance?
(a) Memphis.
(b) New York City.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Atlanta.

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

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

5. Who comes to Peter's door and insists on his evacuation from the apartment building?
(a) The landlady.
(b) The girl across the hall.
(c) Jules.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Gabriel turn his rage to after he yells at his wife?

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

3. Who suggests to Peter he fight the eviction?

4. What did Eric do when his father and Jamie talked in the memory he recalls in The Man Child?

5. Who has an outing every summer in The Outing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peter realize in Harlem?

2. Describe what Previous Condition is about.

3. What is Eric doing when Jamie comes up to him at the end of The Man Child?

4. Why is Peter nervous?

5. Who is Sylvia?

6. In Previous Condition, what does Peter do at the end of the story?

7. What does Elizabeth instruct John to do at the end of The Rockpile?

8. What does Roy tell John he's going to do one day?

9. Why is John unhappy at the end of The Outing?

10. Describe why Eric's mother has been in the hospital.

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