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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 does the person the teacher runs into tell him about his brother, Sonny?
(a) The police will clean him up and release him.
(b) That he needs a fix.
(c) That he is sorry about his brother's arrest.
(d) That his brother is wanted by some gang members.

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

3. What common bond do Ruth and Mr. Davis have?
(a) Being avoided.
(b) Being rich.
(c) Growing up in the American South.
(d) Being looked over.

4. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon what did the narrator find himself face to face with in New York?
(a) Racial discrimination.
(b) His ex girlfriend.
(c) His sister.
(d) The same bigotry he thought he'd left behind years before.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the teacher feel when he goes to the jazz club with Sonny at the end of Sonny's Blues?

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

3. Why was Jess not surprised by the kid he beat up?

4. Who is the other black employee at Ruth's work?

5. Who rings the doorbell while the narrator is showering in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Jesse see in his mother and father's face when he was 8 years old?

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

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

5. What was Jesse told to stop at work that day in Going to Meet the Man?

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

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

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

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

10. What happened the last time the narrator went to America in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

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