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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. In Come Out the Wilderness, how does Ruth feel about her roommate's suggestion?
(a) Unneeded.
(b) She has no defense should an affair happen.
(c) Undesirable.
(d) Ugly.

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

5. What did Sonny tell the teacher he wanted to be when he returned home after their mother died?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A jazz pianist.
(c) An astronaut.
(d) A pilot.

6. What was the narrator's last trip to America for in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon like?
(a) His wife's funeral.
(b) His mother's funeral.
(c) His sister's first birth.
(d) His father's funeral.

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

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

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

10. 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 the importance of caring for Sonny.
(c) To show how sad life can be.
(d) To show how fast life changes.

11. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon what did the narrator find himself face to face with in New York?
(a) His ex girlfriend.
(b) Racial discrimination.
(c) The same bigotry he thought he'd left behind years before.
(d) His sister.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Ruth to lunch in Come Out the Wilderness?

2. What does Ruth wonder about her roommate as she accepts her new job in Come Out the Wilderness?

3. How does the teacher feel when he goes to the jazz club with Sonny at the end of Sonny's Blues?

4. Who was arrested for selling and using heroin in Sonny's Blues?

5. Why is burning the black race in his community unacceptable to Jesse in Going to Meet the Man?

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