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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. Who ran away from Jamie according to Eric's memory?

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

3. What happens to Peter in Harlem?

4. In The Man Child, what did Eric's father tell him he will inherit?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe who Jamie is.

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

4. Describe Ida's relationship with her husband.

5. Why does Gabriel turn his anger from Roy to John?

6. Describe what the Grimes boys do on Saturdays.

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

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

9. Describe how Gabriel is a hypocrite.

10. Why is Peter nervous?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and explain what Baldwin suggests about a black woman's personal needs and also her placement in society in his story Come Out the Wilderness.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and explain what Baldwin suggests about friendship in The Man Child with Eric's father and Jamie.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the element of foreshadowing in The Man Child, Sonny's Blues, and This Morning, This Evening, So Soon.

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