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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the teacher's uncle die in Sonny's Blues?
(a) He froze to death.
(b) He was hit by a car.
(c) He had cancer.
(d) He was shot.

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

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

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

8. In Sonny's Blues, who does the teacher run into after school one day?
(a) His brother's ex wife.
(b) His sister.
(c) His brother's friend.
(d) His brother.

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

10. Where is the narrator's sister from in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) The American South.
(b) The American West.
(c) The American North.
(d) The American East.

11. Who does the narrator of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon watch at the beginning of the story?
(a) His wife.
(b) His reflection.
(c) His children.
(d) His sister.

12. Where were Jesse and his parents leaving from when his dad was singing the song that Jesse gets stuck in his head?
(a) Church.
(b) A picnic.
(c) The beach.
(d) The lake.

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

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

15. Who thanks the narrator for "showing other blacks it can be done" in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) Renee.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Ruth Ann.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the women going at the beginning of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

2. In Come Out the Wilderness, where does Ruth work ?

3. Where did the teacher return from when his mother died?

4. Which of the following was NOT part of the torture the black man underwent in Jesse's memory from Going to Meet the Man?

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

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