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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. How did Isaac get to the city where he had a job after college?

2. How old was Jacob the first time he had sex?

3. What was the name of Isaac's first boyfriend?

4. What size was the path in the Rose of Sharon cemetery?

5. How old was Rachel when Isaac had a lead in a school play?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the graves of Jacob's family marked?

2. What did Rachel tell Jacob about having children with him, and how did Jacob react?

3. What conversation did Jacob and Rachel have after he read The Color Purple?

4. What does Rachel do when Jacob berates Isaac for performing in Little Orphan Andy at breakfast?

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

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

7. Who was Isaac's first girlfriend and what did they do together?

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

9. Who did Jacob have an affair with in the 1970s and how did he describe the affair?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jacob referred to his brother Esau as his "favorite person in the world" (21). How would you describe the relationship between Jacob and Esau? Why was Jacob so devastated by Esau’s death?

Essay Topic 2

Jacob and Isaac have a strained relationship. What is Jacob’s parenting style? How does his parenting style cause a strained relationship between him and Isaac?

Essay Topic 3

The tensions between Jacob and Rachel caused strained family dynamics. How would you describe the dynamics between Jacob, Rachel, and Isaac? Why were they strained?

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