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

2. Who is the narrator of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon afraid for?
(a) His wife.
(b) Himself.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His son.

3. Who has seen Peter at the apartment that makes Peter becomes more nervous?
(a) The landlady.
(b) A girl across the hall.
(c) A few tenants.
(d) His neighbor.

4. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon what did the narrator find himself face to face with in New York?
(a) Racial discrimination.
(b) The same bigotry he thought he'd left behind years before.
(c) His sister.
(d) His ex girlfriend.

5. What happens to Peter in Harlem?
(a) A woman tries to flirt with him.
(b) He feels at home.
(c) He gets mugged.
(d) He feels unsettled.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the attitude of the white passengers change during the narrator's last trip to America in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

2. Where does Sonny stay upon being released from prison?

3. Who comes to Peter's date's rescue in Previous Conditions?

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

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

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