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

2. When did the attitude of the white passengers change during the narrator's last trip to America in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) As they grew closer to America.
(b) It was always hostile.
(c) It never changed.
(d) After they set sail.

3. In Sonny's Blues, when did the teacher's daughter die?
(a) After Sonny went to prison.
(b) After her 3rd birthday.
(c) When he was 30.
(d) After her 2nd birthday.

4. In Going to Meet the Man, where did Jesse and his parents go before driving back home in Jesse's memory?
(a) The local diner.
(b) A nearby town.
(c) Jesse's grandmas.
(d) Jesse's grandpas.

5. What does the narrator worry no one understands in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) His fear of rejection.
(b) The kind of country America is.
(c) His fear of discrimination.
(d) His passion for Paris.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the teacher feel as he writes to his brother, Sonny?

3. What does Ruth suspect about her roommate in Come Out the Wilderness?

4. In Sonny's Blues, who does the teacher not attempt to contact at the beginning of the story?

5. Why is burning the black race in his community unacceptable to Jesse in Going to Meet the Man?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Mr. Davis.

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

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

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