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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. Who does the author mention is specifically usually in attendance at the outing?

2. What did Eric's father tell Jamie to quit doing in Eric's memory?

3. Who has seen Peter at the apartment that makes Peter becomes more nervous?

4. When do the actions of Previous Conditions most likely take place?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is John unhappy at the end of The Outing?

2. What does Roy tell John he's going to do one day?

3. Describe Gabriel.

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

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

6. What happens when Roy is at the rockpile?

7. Why is Peter nervous?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and explain what Baldwin suggests about friendship in The Man Child with Eric's father and Jamie.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and explain what Ruth from Come Out the Wilderness realizes about her relationships with the white men she has dated and why they all fail.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss how Gabriel Grimes from The Rockpile and The Outing is a hypocritical man.

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