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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon who does the narrator ask to join him and his party of friends?
(a) Boon.
(b) Baloona.
(c) Button.
(d) Boona.

6. How old was Jesse when he remembers his memory about his mother and father in Going to Meet the Man?
(a) 9.
(b) 8
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

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

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

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 picnic.
(c) To the local diner.
(d) To throw rocks at a black man.

10. Who does the narrator in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon go out with?
(a) Vinny.
(b) Vincent.
(c) Vivian.
(d) Vidal.

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

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

13. 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 take money to.
(d) A woman he used to work for.

14. Who is the other black employee at Ruth's work?
(a) Mr. Daves.
(b) Mr. Davia.
(c) Mr. Davis.
(d) Mr. David.

15. What does the person the teacher runs into tell him about his brother, Sonny?
(a) That he needs a fix.
(b) The police will clean him up and release him.
(c) That his brother is wanted by some gang members.
(d) That he is sorry about his brother's arrest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon what does the narrator confess to his director friend?

3. What offer does Ruth receive at work in Come Out the Wilderness?

4. When did the attitude of the white passengers change during the narrator's last trip to America in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

5. Who does Ruth listen to talk about her boss in Come Out the Wilderness?

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