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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. In Going to Meet the Man, where did Jesse and his parents go before driving back home in Jesse's memory?
(a) Jesse's grandmas.
(b) Jesse's grandpas.
(c) A nearby town.
(d) The local diner.

2. Who does Ruth listen to talk about her boss in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) Other men.
(b) The janitors.
(c) Other CEO's.
(d) Other secretaries.

3. Where were Jesse and his parents leaving from when his dad was singing the song that Jesse gets stuck in his head?
(a) A picnic.
(b) Church.
(c) The lake.
(d) The beach.

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

5. What begins to play in Jesse's head as he thinks about the unacceptable idea of burning the black race down?
(a) A song his slave used to sing him.
(b) A drum cadence.
(c) A phrase his dad used to say.
(d) A song.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon go out with?

2. In Come Out the Wilderness, how does Ruth feel about her roommate's suggestion?

3. In Come Out the Wilderness, who does Ruth's roommate tell her he is having lunch with?

4. Where are the women going at the beginning of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

5. Who do the narrator and his friend meet in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator realize at the end of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

3. Describe what Ruth says to the narrator in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon.

4. How does the teacher feel at the club with his brother in Sonny's Blues?

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

6. In Sonny's Blues, why did the teacher's mother tell Sonny the story about his uncle's death?

7. What happened to the teacher's uncle and why is it significant?

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

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

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

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