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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. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon what does the narrator confess to his director friend?
(a) His fear of taking his son to America.
(b) His fear of leaving Paris.
(c) His fear of losing his wife and kids.
(d) His fear of losing his artistic creativity.

2. How old was Jesse when he remembers his memory about his mother and father in Going to Meet the Man?
(a) 9.
(b) 8
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

3. Who is the other black employee at Ruth's work?
(a) Mr. David.
(b) Mr. Davia.
(c) Mr. Davis.
(d) Mr. Daves.

4. 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 sad life can be.
(c) To show how fast life changes.
(d) To tell him that he had an uncle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the teacher in Harlem reading at the beginning of Sonny's Blues?

2. What begins to play in Jesse's head as he thinks about the unacceptable idea of burning the black race down?

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

4. What did Sonny play night and day while the teacher was gone overseas in Sonny's Blues?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does te narrator fear in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

2. What does Paul suggest to Ruth that makes her defenseless?

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

4. What happened to the teacher's uncle and why is it significant?

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

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

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

8. Describe what Ruth says to the narrator in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon.

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

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

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