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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Come Out the Wilderness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does John make a snide comment to Gabriel in The Outing?
(a) He is angered.
(b) He wants to impress his girlfriend.
(c) He is bolstered by his friends.
(d) He is annoyed.

2. Where do the narrator and his friend go in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) Dinner and a ballet.
(b) Dinner and play.
(c) Dinner and a club.
(d) Dinner and movie.

3. Where is Eric's sister?
(a) In Europe.
(b) At college.
(c) In a grave.
(d) At boarding school.

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

5. What have children been warned about in regards to what lies across the street from the Grimes' apartment?
(a) To not play in the garden.
(b) The cave will collapse if someone enters.
(c) Moving the rocks will cause the subway below to crash and kill people.
(d) To only let 4 people in the treehouse at a time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Peter afraid of?

2. How does Peter react to his dinner dates playful action?

3. In Sonny's Blues, what does the teacher wonder as he lies in his bed the first night Sonny is out of prison staying with him?

4. Where is the narrator's sister from in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

5. Who comes to Peter's door and insists on his evacuation from the apartment building?

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