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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. How old was Isaac when he was spiraling out of control after Isaac finished college?
(a) 39.
(b) 46.
(c) Mid-40s.
(d) Late 40s.

2. What was the name of the woman who got pregnant when she and Jacob were seeing one another?
(a) Valerie Wilson.
(b) Leah Campbell.
(c) Margaret Davidson.
(d) Sophia Lewis.

3. How many Black women approached Rachel at a restaurant when she and Jacob take Isaac out because he did well on a school project?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

4. Over whose grave did Isaac pray in an unknown tongue?
(a) His uncle's.
(b) His great-grandmother's.
(c) His grandmother's.
(d) His great-grandfather's.

5. When did Jacob take Isaac to Arkansas?
(a) Summer after his 14th birthday.
(b) Summer after his 16th birthday.
(c) Summer after his 13th birthday.
(d) Summer after his 15th birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Isaac title his piece that won an art competition?

2. What color wig did Isaac wear when he had the lead in a school play?

3. The morning after Isaac had the lead in a school play, what flowers does Jacob remember were on the breakfast table?

4. How much land did Jacob's family have to sell during the Depression?

5. What does Jacob think was the name of Wilson and Chaney's daughter who was mauled by a bobcat and survived?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rachel help Jacob when he spiraled out of control after Isaac graduated from college?

2. Why did Jacob walk out when Isaac was performing in Little Orphan Andy?

3. How did Jacob's family get 300 acres of land in Arkansas?

4. How did Jacob learn that Ricky Stanton was Isaac's boyfriend?

5. Where did Isaac go after college and how did he get there?

6. What did Jacob realize about Black men and emotions after reading Malcolm X?

7. What trip did Jacob and Isaac make the summer after Isaac's 14th birthday?

8. When Jacob and Isaac visited the Rose of Sharon Cemetery, why did Jacob tell Isaac he was privileged?

9. Where did Jacob move after he left Rachel?

10. What conversation did Jacob and Isaac have about fishing when they went to Arkansas?

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