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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. Why was Jess not surprised by the kid he beat up?
(a) He had a defiant attitude, like Jesse did when he was growing up.
(b) He had been arrested 3 times before.
(c) He was in a gang.
(d) His grandmother could not control him anymore.

2. In Come Out the Wilderness, where does Ruth work ?
(a) An insurance company.
(b) A school.
(c) A law firm.
(d) A doctor's office.

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

4. Where did the teacher's wife learn Sonny was not going, during his stay while the teacher was overseas?
(a) Taking tests.
(b) Going to school.
(c) Eating.
(d) His homework.

5. Which of the following was NOT part of the torture the black man underwent in Jesse's memory from Going to Meet the Man?
(a) Chained to a tree.
(b) Spit on.
(c) Burned.
(d) Mutilated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ruth Bowman living with in Come Out the Wilderness?

2. What was the importance of the story the teacher's mom told him after his father died?

3. Who did Jesse beat while he was at work earlier that day?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who feels guilty about Sonny's drug use?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe how the teacher's daughter dies.

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

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