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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 is Ruth Bowman living with in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) Paul.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Pat.
(d) Preston.

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

3. What race does Peter insist receives the worst discrimination?
(a) Asians.
(b) Blacks.
(c) Whites.
(d) Jews.

4. What did Eric do when his father and Jamie talked in the memory he recalls in The Man Child?
(a) Slept on the floor.
(b) Went and had his first beer.
(c) Played in the basement.
(d) Played outside.

5. What does Peter make an excuse for in Previous Conditions?
(a) To not be intimate.
(b) To not go out for desert.
(c) To avoid a trip.
(d) To leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonny's Blues, who does the teacher not attempt to contact at the beginning of the story?

2. What does Ruth know her roommate is doing after he makes his suggestion to her in Come Out the Wilderness?

3. Who carries the brother home in The Rockpile?

4. What did Sonny tell the teacher he wanted to be when he returned home after their mother died?

5. What exists across the street from the Grimes family?

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