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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 offer does Ruth receive at work in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) To be Mr. Davis's private secretary.
(b) A new office.
(c) A pay raise.
(d) To move to Europe.

2. Where are the women going at the beginning of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) A night out.
(b) The doctor.
(c) The theatre.
(d) Work.

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

4. In Going to Meet the Man, what is unfortunate about the blacks in Jesse's town according to Jesse?
(a) They do not work at all.
(b) Their homes are spread out from each other.
(c) They are healthy.
(d) They are moderately wealthy.

5. In Come Out the Wilderness, who does Ruth's roommate tell her he is having lunch with?
(a) A friend.
(b) A co-worker.
(c) A client.
(d) A model.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the teacher return from when his mother died?

3. Where did the whole town go in Jesse's memory in Going to Meet the Man?

4. Where were Jesse and his parents leaving from when his dad was singing the song that Jesse gets stuck in his head?

5. What does the narrator not want for his son in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe where the narrator is from in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon.

2. Describe the narrator's last night in Paris.

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

4. What does the narrator not want his son to feel in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

5. In Going to Meet the Man, what does the memory of 8 year old Jesse allow him to do as an adult?

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

7. Describe Ruth's work situation in Come Out the Wilderness.

8. In Sonny's Blues, why did the teacher's mother tell Sonny the story about his uncle's death?

9. How does the teacher feel at the club with his brother in Sonny's Blues?

10. Why is Jess frustrated at the beginning of Going to Meet the Man?

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