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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. Where is the narrator moving from in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) China.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

2. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon what does the narrator confess to his director friend?
(a) His fear of leaving Paris.
(b) His fear of taking his son to America.
(c) His fear of losing his wife and kids.
(d) His fear of losing his artistic creativity.

3. In Come Out the Wilderness, who does Ruth's roommate tell her he is having lunch with?
(a) A model.
(b) A friend.
(c) A co-worker.
(d) A client.

4. When did the attitude of the white passengers change during the narrator's last trip to America in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) It never changed.
(b) As they grew closer to America.
(c) It was always hostile.
(d) After they set sail.

5. What does Jesse want to see happen to the blacks in his community in Going to Meet the Man?
(a) To be evactuated.
(b) All of them burned.
(c) All of them lynched.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the teacher's uncle die in Sonny's Blues?

2. In Sonny's Blues, who does the teacher run into after school one day?

3. Who does Ruth listen to talk about her boss in Come Out the Wilderness?

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

5. What is Ruth's roommate in Come Out the Wilderness on the verge of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe why Jesse is not surprised to see who the protesters leader is?

2. How does Sonny feel about using drugs after prison?

3. What does te narrator fear in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

4. What did Jesse see in his mother and father's face when he was 8 years old?

5. How does the teacher react to Sonny's imprisonment?

6. What does Ruth think about as she accepts her new job offer?

7. Describe where the narrator currently lives in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon.

8. Describe the narrator's last night in Paris.

9. In Going to Meet the Man, what does the memory of 8 year old Jesse allow him to do as an adult?

10. Why is Jess frustrated at the beginning of Going to Meet the Man?

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