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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. When does Jacob remember seeing Margaret Thatcher become the leader of the British Conservative Party?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1974.

2. How old was Jacob's great-grandfather when he was freed?
(a) 19.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

3. What time of the year did Jacob leave Blackwell for Kansas City?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

4. How many times did Jacob take Isaac fishing?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. Who did Charlie Rhodes think was the most revolutionary leader Black people ever had?
(a) John Lewis.
(b) Frejderick Douglass.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Malcolm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was Jacob's grandfather's coffin?

2. Where was Elliott sitting when boys tormented him on the playground?

3. What does Jacob remember was his baseball team's name when he hit a homerun?

4. How many people could the dance floor at Jake's Juke Joint hold?

5. What book does Jacob say changed Rachel's life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and when did Esau die?

2. When did Rachel start drinking and why were those times difficult?

3. What does Jacob remember about playing baseball in school?

4. How did Jacob feel when Isaac was born?

5. Why did Jacob decide he would never leave Kansas City once he arrived?

6. What were men and women's roles in the 1960s?

7. What was life like for Black children when Black's father was growing up?

8. How was Jacob educated?

9. How did Jacob spend his teen years?

10. How does Jacob describe the poverty he experienced as a child?

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