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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jamie tell Eric his father wants to see him at in The Man Child?

2. What race does Peter insist receives the worst discrimination?

3. Who decides to go join his friends one day while they play across the street from the Grimes' apartment?

4. Who goes to intercept Gabriel as he comes home in The Rockpile?

5. What exists across the street from the Grimes family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what the children are told will happen if they play on the rockpile in The Rockpile.

2. Why does David begin to feel like a sinner?

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

4. What does Peter realize in Harlem?

5. Describe what Elizabeth fears in The Rockpile.

6. In The Man Child, describe Eric's conversation with his father about his inheritance.

7. Describe who Jamie is.

8. What happens when Roy is at the rockpile?

9. Describe what Previous Condition is about.

10. Describe how Gabriel is a hypocrite.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Eric's father to his best friend, Jamie, from The Man Child.

Essay Topic 2

Thinking of The Rockpile describe and explain the element and importance of rebellion in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss how Peter's skin color is the previous condition in the story, Previous Condition.

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