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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Going to Meet the Man.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who carries the brother home in The Rockpile?
(a) John.
(b) Someone.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Roy.

2. Where is the narrator's sister from in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) The American South.
(b) The American North.
(c) The American East.
(d) The American West.

3. How does the teacher feel as he writes to his brother, Sonny?
(a) Calm and stable.
(b) Guilty for not having written before.
(c) Sad and desperate.
(d) Responsible for his brother's failures.

4. What is Gabriel's wife supremely fearful of?
(a) Gabriel turning his anger to her.
(b) If Gabriel will leave her.
(c) Gabriel turning his anger to his daughter.
(d) If her son will see again.

5. What does Peter's dinner date hit him affectionately with?
(a) A spoon.
(b) Her hand.
(c) A napkin.
(d) A fork.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Peter buy a drink for at the end of Previous Conditions?

3. Why was Jess not surprised by the kid he beat up?

4. What is Ruth reluctant to tell Mr. Davis in Come Out the Wilderness?

5. What was the importance of the story the teacher's mom told him after his father died?

(see the answer key)

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