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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the importance of the story the teacher's mom told him after his father died?
(a) To show the importance of caring for Sonny.
(b) To show how fast life changes.
(c) To show how sad life can be.
(d) To tell him that he had an uncle.

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

3. How old is the narrator's son in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

4. Who was arrested for selling and using heroin in Sonny's Blues?
(a) The teacher in Harlem.
(b) Sonny, the teacher's brother.
(c) A black woman.
(d) A black man.

5. What does Ruth wonder about her coworkers?
(a) What they would think if they knew about her and her roommate.
(b) What they think about African Americans in general.
(c) What they would do if Mr. Davis asked them out.
(d) What they think about her.

6. How does the teacher feel when he goes to the jazz club with Sonny at the end of Sonny's Blues?
(a) Impressed.
(b) Happy.
(c) Like royalty.
(d) Proud.

7. Where does the narrator take his son in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) To his mom.
(b) To the nanny's apartment.
(c) To daycare.
(d) Downstairs to the babysitter.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Why was Jess not surprised by the kid he beat up?
(a) He had a defiant attitude, like Jesse did when he was growing up.
(b) His grandmother could not control him anymore.
(c) He had been arrested 3 times before.
(d) He was in a gang.

14. What story does the teacher think about the first night Sonny stays with him?
(a) He and Sonny growing up.
(b) The first time he and his brother went to school.
(c) A story his mom told him after his father died.
(d) The first moment he realized his father was never coming back.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jesse tell his wife about when he can't sleep?

2. What common bond do Ruth and Mr. Davis have?

3. What was the narrator's last trip to America for in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon like?

4. Where did the teacher's wife learn Sonny was not going, during his stay while the teacher was overseas?

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

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