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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) All of them lynched.
(c) Nothing.
(d) To be evactuated.

2. Who rings the doorbell while the narrator is showering in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) Vincent.
(b) Vidal.
(c) Vivian.
(d) Vinney.

3. Where does Sonny stay upon being released from prison?
(a) To a halfway house.
(b) To his brother's house in Harlem.
(c) Back to selling and using drugs.
(d) To the streets.

4. Why is burning the black race in his community unacceptable to Jesse in Going to Meet the Man?
(a) They would burn some white people too.
(b) They are people too.
(c) It would burn the land too.
(d) It would cost too much for gasoline.

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

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

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 his brother really is clean.
(c) If he should search his room.
(d) If he could have prevented his brother from being in this situation.

8. Where did the whole town go in Jesse's memory in Going to Meet the Man?
(a) To the local diner.
(b) To see the black man lynched.
(c) To throw rocks at a black man.
(d) To the picnic.

9. What does Ruth suspect about her roommate in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) Spending her money.
(b) Eating her foods.
(c) Doing drugs.
(d) Spending time with other women.

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

11. What government service to Sonny end up joining?
(a) The Army.
(b) The Air Force.
(c) The Peace Corp.
(d) The Navy.

12. What does Ruth know her roommate is doing after he makes his suggestion to her in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) Letting her go slowing and painfully.
(b) Relieving her anxiety.
(c) Being truthful and up front.
(d) Avoiding lies that bring tension.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What suggestion does Ruth's roommate make to Ruth before he goes to lunch?

2. What did Sonny want to join instead of finishing high school?

3. What did Sonny play night and day while the teacher was gone overseas in Sonny's Blues?

4. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon where does the narrator promise to take his son before they leave for America?

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

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