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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 the boat arrive as the community scatters?

2. Which of the following does the community NOT do upon arriving to their destination?

3. What do the boys in The Outing wait for upon arriving to their destination?

4. What does the pastor conduct on the boat?

5. Who has seen Peter at the apartment that makes Peter becomes more nervous?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Roy is at the rockpile?

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

3. What is Eric doing at the beginning of The Man Child?

4. Describe Gabriel.

5. What does Eric remember about one of Jamie's birthdays?

6. Describe Ida's relationship with her husband.

7. Describe what Previous Condition is about.

8. What happens to Eric at the end of The Man Child?

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

10. What does Peter realize in Harlem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Sonny's association of drug use to better artistic performance in Sonny's Blues and how this idea is a generally accepted and viewed opinion by considering other famous artists.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Considering The Outing, discuss what Baldwin suggests about homosexuality and religious purity.

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