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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who feels guilty for encouraging Sonny to use drugs?
(a) The teacher.
(b) Sonny's mom.
(c) The friend who the teacher runs into.
(d) Sonny's ex wife.

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

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

4. How did the teacher's daughter die?
(a) A car accident.
(b) From cancer.
(c) From polio.
(d) From a heat stroke.

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

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

7. Who is Ruth Bowman living with in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) Pat.
(b) Preston.
(c) Paul.
(d) Patrick.

8. In Going to Meet the Man, where did Jesse and his parents go before driving back home in Jesse's memory?
(a) Jesse's grandpas.
(b) The local diner.
(c) A nearby town.
(d) Jesse's grandmas.

9. What suggestion does Ruth's roommate make to Ruth before he goes to lunch?
(a) That he cheated on her.
(b) That he may have to have an affair to boost his career.
(c) That he wants a break.
(d) That he replaced her with another roommate.

10. Where is the narrator moving from in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) Hungary.
(d) China.

11. 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 live next to.
(b) A woman he used to take money to.
(c) A woman he used to collect money from.
(d) A woman he used to work for.

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

13. How does the teacher feel as he writes to his brother, Sonny?
(a) Guilty for not having written before.
(b) Calm and stable.
(c) Responsible for his brother's failures.
(d) Sad and desperate.

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

15. What begins to play in Jesse's head as he thinks about the unacceptable idea of burning the black race down?
(a) A drum cadence.
(b) A song.
(c) A phrase his dad used to say.
(d) A song his slave used to sing him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the teacher leave Sonny with while he returned to service overseas?

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

3. Who calls Ruth before her roommate does in Come Out the Wilderness?

4. Who does the narrator in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon go out with?

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

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