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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Jesse when he remembers his memory about his mother and father in Going to Meet the Man?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 8
(d) 10.

2. 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.

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

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

5. Who thanks the narrator for "showing other blacks it can be done" in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Renee.
(c) Ruth Ann.
(d) Ruth.

6. What does Sonny say heroin does for his artistic creativity?
(a) Makes him connect to the music more easily.
(b) Makes him feel more alive.
(c) Makes him play better.
(d) Makes him sing better.

7. In Going to Meet the Man, what is unfortunate about the blacks in Jesse's town according to Jesse?
(a) They do not work at all.
(b) Their homes are spread out from each other.
(c) They are healthy.
(d) They are moderately wealthy.

8. Which of the following was NOT part of the torture the black man underwent in Jesse's memory from Going to Meet the Man?
(a) Chained to a tree.
(b) Spit on.
(c) Burned.
(d) Mutilated.

9. What does the narrator not want for his son in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) To suffer.
(b) To lose his French speaking skills.
(c) To change homelands.
(d) To adapt to the American culture.

10. What is Ruth reluctant to tell Mr. Davis in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) Her fears.
(b) Too much about herself.
(c) Her dreams.
(d) Where she lives.

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

12. Who calls Ruth before her roommate does in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) Her boss.
(b) No one.
(c) Another secretary.
(d) Mr. Davis.

13. Where are the women going at the beginning of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) A night out.
(b) Work.
(c) The theatre.
(d) The doctor.

14. What is the teacher in Harlem reading at the beginning of Sonny's Blues?
(a) The cereal box.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) A magazine.
(d) A TV report.

15. What did Sonny play night and day while the teacher was gone overseas in Sonny's Blues?
(a) The harmonica.
(b) The electric guitar.
(c) The piano.
(d) The bass guitar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonny's Blues, when did the teacher's daughter die?

2. Who rings the doorbell while the narrator is showering in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

3. Who does the narrator of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon watch at the beginning of the story?

4. How did the teacher's daughter die?

5. How does the teacher feel as he writes to his brother, Sonny?

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