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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Going to Meet the Man.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gabriel react to John's snide comment?
(a) Addresses it by hitting John.
(b) Angered, but powerful.
(c) Disregards it.
(d) Angered, but powerless.

2. In Sonny's Blues, when did the teacher's daughter die?
(a) When he was 30.
(b) After her 2nd birthday.
(c) After Sonny went to prison.
(d) After her 3rd birthday.

3. Where does Sonny stay upon being released from prison?
(a) Back to selling and using drugs.
(b) To the streets.
(c) To a halfway house.
(d) To his brother's house in Harlem.

4. Why is Jesse frustrated at the start of Going to Meet the Man?
(a) He cannot fall asleep.
(b) He is hungry.
(c) He is hot.
(d) He cannot get an erection.

5. Where is Jesse lying at the beginning of Going to Meet the Man?
(a) Bed.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The couch.
(d) The grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gabriel tend to act with towards children?

2. Where does the narrator take his son in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

3. In The Outing, what does Sylvia ask David?

4. In The Outing, who has appeared to become attached to Sylvia's side?

5. What did Eric do when his father and Jamie talked in the memory he recalls in The Man Child?

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