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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon what does the narrator confess to his director friend?
(a) His fear of losing his artistic creativity.
(b) His fear of taking his son to America.
(c) His fear of losing his wife and kids.
(d) His fear of leaving Paris.

2. In Sonny's Blues, who does the teacher not attempt to contact at the beginning of the story?
(a) His brother's ex wife.
(b) His mom.
(c) His dad.
(d) His brother, Sonny.

3. 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 protest from when he was a kid.
(d) A pig roast when he was a kid.

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

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

6. Why is Jesse frustrated at the start of Going to Meet the Man?
(a) He is hungry.
(b) He cannot get an erection.
(c) He is hot.
(d) He cannot fall asleep.

7. In Sonny's Blues, what does the teacher wonder as he lies in his bed the first night Sonny is out of prison staying with him?
(a) If his brother will use again.
(b) If he could have prevented his brother from being in this situation.
(c) If he should search his room.
(d) If his brother really is clean.

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

9. Where is Jesse lying at the beginning of Going to Meet the Man?
(a) The couch.
(b) The grass.
(c) Bed.
(d) The ocean.

10. Who is Ruth Bowman living with in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) Paul.
(b) Preston.
(c) Pat.
(d) Patrick.

11. What does the person the teacher runs into tell him about his brother, Sonny?
(a) That he is sorry about his brother's arrest.
(b) That he needs a fix.
(c) The police will clean him up and release him.
(d) That his brother is wanted by some gang members.

12. 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) They are healthy.
(c) Their homes are spread out from each other.
(d) They are moderately wealthy.

13. In Going to Meet the Man, what does the memory of the black man being tortured and killed enable Jesse to do?
(a) Achieve satisfaction.
(b) Release his hatred of blacks.
(c) Achieve an erection and make love to his wife.
(d) Achieve pleasure from pain.

14. 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.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the teacher's uncle die in Sonny's Blues?

2. Who rings the doorbell while the narrator is showering in 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. Where were Jesse and his parents leaving from when his dad was singing the song that Jesse gets stuck in his head?

5. What is the teacher in Harlem reading at the beginning of Sonny's Blues?

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