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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the teacher in Harlem reading at the beginning of Sonny's Blues?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) The cereal box.
(c) A TV report.
(d) A magazine.

2. 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 ex girlfriend.
(d) His sister.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon who does the narrator ask to join him and his party of friends?

2. What did Sonny tell the teacher he wanted to be when he returned home after their mother died?

3. In Sonny's Blues, who does the teacher run into after school one day?

4. In Come Out the Wilderness, how does Ruth feel about her roommate's suggestion?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the teacher's daughter dies.

2. How does the teacher react to Sonny's imprisonment?

3. Describe where the narrator currently lives in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon.

4. What does Ruth realize at the end of Come Out the Wilderness?

5. In Going to Meet the Man, describe Jesse's memory from his childhood.

6. What does the narrator realize at the end of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

7. What does Ruth think about as she accepts her new job offer?

8. How does Sonny feel about using drugs after prison?

9. Describe why Jesse is not surprised to see who the protesters leader is?

10. What information does the teacher learn from the newspaper in Sonny's Blues?

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