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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ruth listen to talk about her boss in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) Other CEO's.
(b) The janitors.
(c) Other men.
(d) Other secretaries.

2. Who does the narrator of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon watch at the beginning of the story?
(a) His wife.
(b) His sister.
(c) His reflection.
(d) His children.

3. How did the teacher's uncle die in Sonny's Blues?
(a) He had cancer.
(b) He was hit by a car.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He froze to death.

4. Who do the narrator and his friend meet in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) 3 Swedish women.
(b) 4 Swedish women.
(c) 4 white Americans.
(d) 4 black Americans.

5. What offer does Ruth receive at work in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) To move to Europe.
(b) A pay raise.
(c) A new office.
(d) To be Mr. Davis's private secretary.

6. In Sonny's Blues, who does the teacher run into after school one day?
(a) His brother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His brother's ex wife.
(d) His brother's friend.

7. Where did the teacher return from when his mother died?
(a) The Army.
(b) The Navy.
(c) The Air Force.
(d) The Peace Corp.

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

9. Where were Jesse and his parents leaving from when his dad was singing the song that Jesse gets stuck in his head?
(a) The lake.
(b) Church.
(c) The beach.
(d) A picnic.

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

11. Why was Jess not surprised by the kid he beat up?
(a) He was in a gang.
(b) He had been arrested 3 times before.
(c) His grandmother could not control him anymore.
(d) He had a defiant attitude, like Jesse did when he was growing up.

12. What does Jesse tell his wife about when he can't sleep?
(a) A protest that took place 2 days ago.
(b) A protest that took place that day.
(c) A protest from when he was a kid.
(d) A pig roast when he was a kid.

13. Who feels guilty for encouraging Sonny to use drugs?
(a) Sonny's mom.
(b) Sonny's ex wife.
(c) The teacher.
(d) The friend who the teacher runs into.

14. When does the teacher write to his brother, Sonny?
(a) After his brother's ex wife dies.
(b) After their mother dies.
(c) After he has a memory about his mother.
(d) After his own daughter dies.

15. What does Jesse want to see happen to the blacks in his community in Going to Meet the Man?
(a) All of them lynched.
(b) To be evactuated.
(c) Nothing.
(d) All of them burned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What common bond do Ruth and Mr. Davis have?

2. Where are the women going at the beginning of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

3. What begins to play in Jesse's head as he thinks about the unacceptable idea of burning the black race down?

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

5. What does Ruth wonder about her roommate as she accepts her new job in Come Out the Wilderness?

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