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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. What did Eric do when his father and Jamie talked in the memory he recalls in The Man Child?
(a) Played in the basement.
(b) Went and had his first beer.
(c) Slept on the floor.
(d) Played outside.

2. Who goes to intercept Gabriel as he comes home in The Rockpile?
(a) John.
(b) Roy.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Sister McCandless.

3. Where does the boat arrive as the community scatters?
(a) Bird Mounatin.
(b) Bear Trap.
(c) Squirell Mountain.
(d) Bear Mountain.

4. In Previous Conditions, what is Peter threatened with that makes him agree to leave the apartment building?
(a) Breaking and entering.
(b) Law suits.
(c) Police action.
(d) Cutting off the electricity.

5. In The Outing, who has appeared to become attached to Sylvia's side?
(a) Gabriel.
(b) Brother Elisha.
(c) Brother Jared.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Eric's father when he arrives home in The Man Child?

2. What is Peter afraid of?

3. What do the conversations deal with as conversations abound at lunch in The Outing?

4. What exists across the street from the Grimes family?

5. What have children been warned about in regards to what lies across the street from the Grimes' apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Elizabeth instruct John to do at the end of The Rockpile?

2. Describe the community's festivities as they arrive at their destination in The Outing.

3. In Previous Condition, what does Peter do at the end of the story?

4. Describe what the Grimes boys do on Saturdays.

5. In The Man Child, describe Eric's conversation with his father about his inheritance.

6. What do Peter's friends suggest he fight in Previous Condition?

7. In The Outing, what does the church do every 4th of July and why?

8. What is Eric doing when Jamie comes up to him at the end of The Man Child?

9. Describe Ida's relationship with her husband.

10. In The Outing, why does Gabriel get angry and feel powerless?

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