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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was seen taking money from one of the girl's purses in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) Boona.
(b) Boon.
(c) Button.
(d) Baloona.

3. What story does the teacher think about the first night Sonny stays with him?
(a) He and Sonny growing up.
(b) A story his mom told him after his father died.
(c) The first moment he realized his father was never coming back.
(d) The first time he and his brother went to school.

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

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. Who did the teacher leave Sonny with while he returned to service overseas?
(a) His parent's best friends.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His neighbor's.
(d) His new wife.

7. How does the teacher feel when he goes to the jazz club with Sonny at the end of Sonny's Blues?
(a) Happy.
(b) Proud.
(c) Impressed.
(d) Like royalty.

8. In Come Out the Wilderness, who does Ruth's roommate tell her he is having lunch with?
(a) A friend.
(b) A co-worker.
(c) A client.
(d) A model.

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

10. In Going to Meet the Man, who did the person Jesse beat up turn out to be related to?
(a) A woman he used to collect money from.
(b) A woman he used to live next to.
(c) A woman he used to work for.
(d) A woman he used to take money to.

11. In Come Out the Wilderness, what does Ruth's roommate suggest?
(a) They go to dinner.
(b) He paint her.
(c) He marry her.
(d) They see other people.

12. 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.

13. 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.

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

15. What was the importance of the story the teacher's mom told him after his father died?
(a) To tell him that he had an uncle.
(b) To show how sad life can be.
(c) To show how fast life changes.
(d) To show the importance of caring for Sonny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator moving from in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

2. When does the teacher write to his brother, Sonny?

3. Why has the narrator of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon been in a bad mood all day?

4. How did the teacher's daughter die?

5. Who feels guilty for encouraging Sonny to use drugs?

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