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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. Where does the narrator take his son in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) To daycare.
(b) To the nanny's apartment.
(c) Downstairs to the babysitter.
(d) To his mom.

2. What is Previous Conditions about?
(a) Accepting one's race.
(b) How to escape life's depressing moments.
(c) How the world is unkind to the black race.
(d) How to enjoy life's small things.

3. What does Ruth wonder about her coworkers?
(a) What they would think if they knew about her and her roommate.
(b) What they would do if Mr. Davis asked them out.
(c) What they think about African Americans in general.
(d) What they think about her.

4. What common bond do Ruth and Mr. Davis have?
(a) Being avoided.
(b) Being rich.
(c) Being looked over.
(d) Growing up in the American South.

5. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon where does the narrator promise to take his son before they leave for America?
(a) Dinner.
(b) The park.
(c) Lunch.
(d) The playground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does the teacher think about the first night Sonny stays with him?

2. Why does Eric think his mother will be angry at him?

3. What do the conversations deal with as conversations abound at lunch in The Outing?

4. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon what does the narrator confess to his director friend?

5. What does Peter make an excuse for in Previous Conditions?

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