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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calls Ruth before her roommate does in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) No one.
(b) Another secretary.
(c) Her boss.
(d) Mr. Davis.

2. What did Sonny want to join instead of finishing high school?
(a) The Army.
(b) The Army or Navy.
(c) The Peace Corp.
(d) The Marine Corp.

3. What is Ruth reluctant to tell Mr. Davis in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) Too much about herself.
(b) Where she lives.
(c) Her fears.
(d) Her dreams.

4. In Sonny's Blues, who does the teacher not attempt to contact at the beginning of the story?
(a) His dad.
(b) His brother's ex wife.
(c) His mom.
(d) His brother, Sonny.

5. How did the teacher's uncle die in Sonny's Blues?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He had cancer.
(c) He was hit by a car.
(d) He froze to death.

6. What is the teacher in Harlem reading at the beginning of Sonny's Blues?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) The cereal box.
(c) A TV report.
(d) A magazine.

7. Why is burning the black race in his community unacceptable to Jesse in Going to Meet the Man?
(a) It would cost too much for gasoline.
(b) They are people too.
(c) They would burn some white people too.
(d) It would burn the land too.

8. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon, how long has the narrator lived in his current location?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 12 months.
(d) 12 years.

9. What did Sonny play night and day while the teacher was gone overseas in Sonny's Blues?
(a) The electric guitar.
(b) The piano.
(c) The harmonica.
(d) The bass guitar.

10. What does Jesse tell his wife about when he can't sleep?
(a) A protest from when he was a kid.
(b) A pig roast when he was a kid.
(c) A protest that took place 2 days ago.
(d) A protest that took place that day.

11. In Going to Meet the Man, what is unfortunate about the blacks in Jesse's town according to Jesse?
(a) They do not work at all.
(b) They are healthy.
(c) Their homes are spread out from each other.
(d) They are moderately wealthy.

12. What does Ruth know her roommate is doing after he makes his suggestion to her in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) Being truthful and up front.
(b) Relieving her anxiety.
(c) Letting her go slowing and painfully.
(d) Avoiding lies that bring tension.

13. In Going to Meet the Man, what does the memory of the black man being tortured and killed enable Jesse to do?
(a) Achieve an erection and make love to his wife.
(b) Release his hatred of blacks.
(c) Achieve satisfaction.
(d) Achieve pleasure from pain.

14. Who was arrested for selling and using heroin in Sonny's Blues?
(a) Sonny, the teacher's brother.
(b) A black man.
(c) The teacher in Harlem.
(d) A black woman.

15. Who rings the doorbell while the narrator is showering in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) Vivian.
(b) Vinney.
(c) Vincent.
(d) Vidal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth wonder about her coworkers?

2. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon who does the narrator ask to join him and his party of friends?

3. How does the teacher feel when he goes to the jazz club with Sonny at the end of Sonny's Blues?

4. Where were Jesse and his parents leaving from when his dad was singing the song that Jesse gets stuck in his head?

5. What story does the teacher think about the first night Sonny stays with him?

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