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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Outing, what does Sylvia ask David?
(a) If he will go on a walk with her.
(b) Why she has never seen him before.
(c) If he will kiss her.
(d) Why he is not saved.

2. Where is Eric's sister?
(a) In Europe.
(b) At college.
(c) At boarding school.
(d) In a grave.

3. What do the boys in The Outing wait for upon arriving to their destination?
(a) To go horseback riding.
(b) Sylvia to be alone.
(c) To go canoeing.
(d) To jump off the rope swing.

4. What does the brother become distracted by when he goes to play with his friends across the street?
(a) A drawing of a treehouse.
(b) A drawing of a ship.
(c) A drawing of a locomotive.
(d) A drawing of a bird.

5. Who decides to go join his friends one day while they play across the street from the Grimes' apartment?
(a) Roy.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) John.
(d) Gabriel.

6. Why does Eric think his mother will be angry at him?
(a) For being late to supper.
(b) For tearing his jeans.
(c) For making a bad grade.
(d) For losing his gym clothes.

7. Who comes to Peter's door and insists on his evacuation from the apartment building?
(a) The girl across the hall.
(b) No one.
(c) Jules.
(d) The landlady.

8. What happens to Peter in Harlem?
(a) A woman tries to flirt with him.
(b) He feels unsettled.
(c) He gets mugged.
(d) He feels at home.

9. Where does Eric's mom send him when he arrives home for supper?
(a) The barn.
(b) The shed.
(c) The outhouse.
(d) The water pump.

10. What does Peter make an excuse for in Previous Conditions?
(a) To not go out for desert.
(b) To leave.
(c) To not be intimate.
(d) To avoid a trip.

11. What does Eric ask his father about Jamie in his memory?
(a) If Jamie is sick.
(b) If Jamie will ever have a son.
(c) If Jamie is rich.
(d) If Jamie is poor.

12. What does Gabriel demand to know from his wife?
(a) Why Roy was playing on the rockpile.
(b) Why Roy was not at school.
(c) Why Roy was in the garden.
(d) Why Roy was playing in the treehouse.

13. Who carries the brother home in The Rockpile?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Someone.
(c) John.
(d) Roy.

14. Who is David in The Outing?
(a) Sylvia's cousin.
(b) Roy and John's cousin.
(c) Roy and John's friend.
(d) Sylvia's boyfriend.

15. What do the two characters take advantage of in their moment alone?
(a) The time to be away from the adults.
(b) The time to tell secrets.
(c) The time to embrace.
(d) The time to kiss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who's birthday does the outing fall close to this year?

2. At the end of The Man Child, what does Eric tell Jamie he can have?

3. What race does Peter insist receives the worst discrimination?

4. Who goes to intercept Gabriel as he comes home in The Rockpile?

5. Where does the boat arrive as the community scatters?

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