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

2. What race does Peter insist receives the worst discrimination?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Jews.
(c) Whites.
(d) Asians.

3. Who ran away from Jamie according to Eric's memory?
(a) His ex wife.
(b) Eric.
(c) Eric's father.
(d) His daughter.

4. What does Jamie do to Eric?
(a) Breaks his arm.
(b) Shoots him.
(c) Breaks his neck.
(d) Hits him with a shovel.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the boy's mother concerned about when her son comes home injured?

3. In The Outing, who finds themselves alone during lunch?

4. In The Rockpile, what happens after the boy is hit in the head?

5. What does Peter make an excuse for in Previous Conditions?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Previous Condition is about.

2. What happens when Roy is at the rockpile?

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

4. Describe what the Grimes boys do on Saturdays.

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

6. Describe what Elizabeth fears in The Rockpile.

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

8. What do Peter's friends suggest he fight in Previous Condition?

9. What does Peter realize in Harlem?

10. Describe Peter in Previous Condition.

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