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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 many children does Jacob say that the daughter of Wilson and Chaney who was mauled by a bobcat had?

2. Where did Isaac's first boyfriend go to college on a football scholarship?

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

4. How did Jacob always feel when he came home from Arkansas?

5. What was the name of a boy Jacob saw playing ball with his mother at a playground?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Isaac act when he saw the graves of his great-grandparents and Esau?

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

9. Where does Jacob think he should have raised Isaac and what does he want Isaac to do with the land?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jacob and Rachel got married quickly when she became pregnant. How were they different from one another? How did those differences turn into incompatibilities?

Essay Topic 2

Jacob was brought up at a time when men ruled their families. How did the qualities of manhood change during Jacob's life? Why did Jacob struggle to understand what type of man to be and how did his struggles affect his marriage and his parenting?

Essay Topic 3

Jacob’s grandfather was a stern, authoritarian man. What relationship did Jacob have with his grandfather? Why did he struggle with how his grandfather was remembered after his death?

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