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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through This Morning, This Evening, So Soon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gabriel make a point to tell John?
(a) To go shower.
(b) To go make him a plate of food.
(c) To be respectful.
(d) To behave.

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

3. Who thanks the narrator for "showing other blacks it can be done" in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Renee.
(d) Ruth Ann.

4. In The Rockpile, what happens after the boy is hit in the head?
(a) He begins to bleed.
(b) His ear swells.
(c) He faints.
(d) His eye swells.

5. What belongs to Eric's father?
(a) The church.
(b) The factory.
(c) The fields.
(d) The school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the teacher in Harlem reading at the beginning of Sonny's Blues?

2. Why has the narrator of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon been in a bad mood all day?

3. Where do the boys go to speak to Sylvia for the first time in The Outing?

4. What does Gabriel's wife instruct John to pick up amidst Gabriel's rage?

5. Which of the following does the community NOT do upon arriving to their destination?

(see the answer key)

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