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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jesse's wife tell him to do at the start of Going to Meet the Man?
(a) To turn on the AC.
(b) To go to sleep.
(c) To go make a sandwich.
(d) To go outside.

2. Who did Jesse beat while he was at work earlier that day?
(a) No one.
(b) The head prisoner.
(c) The leader from the protests.
(d) The head gang leader.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What did Sonny want to join instead of finishing high school?
(a) The Army.
(b) The Marine Corp.
(c) The Peace Corp.
(d) The Army or Navy.

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

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

14. What is Ruth's roommate in Come Out the Wilderness on the verge of?
(a) Hurting Ruth.
(b) Leaving Ruth.
(c) Proposing to Ruth.
(d) Cheating on Ruth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Going to Meet the Man, what is unfortunate about the blacks in Jesse's town according to Jesse?

2. In Going to Meet the Man, who did the person Jesse beat up turn out to be related to?

3. Where does Sonny stay upon being released from prison?

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

5. In Come Out the Wilderness, how does Ruth feel about her roommate's suggestion?

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