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

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

3. Who does Gabriel turn his rage to after he yells at his wife?
(a) Roy.
(b) John.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His sister.

4. In Sonny's Blues, when did the teacher's daughter die?
(a) After Sonny went to prison.
(b) After her 2nd birthday.
(c) When he was 30.
(d) After her 3rd birthday.

5. What is Eric doing at the beginning of The Man Child?
(a) Singing.
(b) Running home.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Walking across the fields.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is David in The Outing?

3. Who would one day inherit the land Eric is to inherit from his father?

4. Who begins to feel like a sinner in The Outing?

5. What does the person the teacher runs into tell him about his brother, Sonny?

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