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

3. What does Jesse tell his wife about when he can't sleep?
(a) A protest that took place that day.
(b) A protest that took place 2 days ago.
(c) A protest from when he was a kid.
(d) A pig roast when he was a kid.

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

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

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

7. What does the narrator not want for his son in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) To suffer.
(b) To change homelands.
(c) To lose his French speaking skills.
(d) To adapt to the American culture.

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

9. Where do the narrator and his friend go in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) Dinner and movie.
(b) Dinner and a ballet.
(c) Dinner and a club.
(d) Dinner and play.

10. When does the teacher write to his brother, Sonny?
(a) After his own daughter dies.
(b) After their mother dies.
(c) After his brother's ex wife dies.
(d) After he has a memory about his mother.

11. Who takes Ruth to lunch in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) Mr. Davis.
(b) The secretaries.
(c) Ruth's roommate.
(d) Ruth's mom.

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

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

14. 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 work for.
(c) A woman he used to take money to.
(d) A woman he used to live next to.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonny's Blues, when did the teacher's daughter die?

2. Where is the narrator's sister from in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

3. Who do the narrator and his friend meet in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

4. Why has the narrator of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon been in a bad mood all day?

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

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