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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. In The Outing, what does Sylvia ask David?
(a) If he will kiss her.
(b) Why he is not saved.
(c) If he will go on a walk with her.
(d) Why she has never seen him before.

2. Which son is not Gabriel's biological son?
(a) John.
(b) Roy.
(c) Richard.
(d) John and Roy.

3. How old is the narrator's son in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

4. What do the boys in The Outing wait for upon arriving to their destination?
(a) Sylvia to be alone.
(b) To jump off the rope swing.
(c) To go horseback riding.
(d) To go canoeing.

5. What did Eric's father tell Jamie to quit doing in Eric's memory?
(a) Eating.
(b) Torturing his dog.
(c) Torturing his cat.
(d) Drinking whisky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What memory does Eric remember in The Man Child?

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

3. Why is John unhappy at the end of The Outing?

4. What offer does Ruth receive at work in Come Out the Wilderness?

5. Where does the narrator take his son in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

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