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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. 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) The landlady.
(d) Jules.

2. Who does Peter have dinner with after arguing with Jules in Previous Conditions?
(a) Ida.
(b) Iva.
(c) Ira.
(d) Eva.

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

4. Which son is not Gabriel's biological son?
(a) Roy.
(b) John.
(c) Richard.
(d) John and Roy.

5. What do the Grimes' boys watch every Saturday?
(a) Other boys play in the cave.
(b) Other boys play on the rockpile.
(c) Other boys play in the treehouse.
(d) Other boys play in the garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is David in The Outing?

2. Who finally is able to approach Sylvia?

3. Where was Peter's most recent performance?

4. Who begins to feel like a sinner in The Outing?

5. Where did Eric's father take Eric in his memory?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Peter realize in Harlem?

4. Describe what Previous Condition is about.

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

6. What happens to Eric at the end of The Man Child?

7. Describe what the Grimes boys do on Saturdays.

8. Why will Jamie never have children, according to Eric's father?

9. What does Eric remember about one of Jamie's birthdays?

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

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