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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 narrator of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon watch at the beginning of the story?

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

3. Who feels guilty for encouraging Sonny to use drugs?

4. Which of the following was NOT part of the torture the black man underwent in Jesse's memory from Going to Meet the Man?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe where the narrator is from in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon.

2. What does Paul suggest to Ruth that makes her defenseless?

3. Who feels guilty about Sonny's drug use?

4. Describe how the teacher's daughter dies.

5. Describe Ruth Bowman's living situation in Come Out the Wilderness.

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

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

8. In Going to Meet the Man, describe Jesse's memory from his childhood.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thinking of The Rockpile describe and explain the element and importance of rebellion in the story.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze all of the stories in Baldwin's novel, "Going to Meet the Man" and discuss the common theme that exists in each story by considering settings, characters and events that take place.

Essay Topic 3

Explain and discuss the significance of why the teacher in Sonny's Blues writes to his brother in prison after his daughter's death and not before.

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