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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 was Jesse told to stop while he was working earlier that day?
(a) The protestors from protesting.
(b) Prisoners from yelling.
(c) People from screaming outside.
(d) The singers from singing.

2. Why has the narrator of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon been in a bad mood all day?
(a) He wants to stay at home with his son.
(b) He does not want to go out to dinner.
(c) He hates his sister's and wife's date nights.
(d) He does not want to move back to America.

3. What does Sonny say heroin does for his artistic creativity?
(a) Makes him connect to the music more easily.
(b) Makes him sing better.
(c) Makes him play better.
(d) Makes him feel more alive.

4. What is Ruth reluctant to tell Mr. Davis in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) Where she lives.
(b) Her fears.
(c) Too much about herself.
(d) Her dreams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What offer does Ruth receive at work in Come Out the Wilderness?

2. What does the person the teacher runs into tell him about his brother, Sonny?

3. Who does Ruth listen to talk about her boss in Come Out the Wilderness?

4. When does the teacher write to his brother, Sonny?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Mr. Davis.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe how the teacher's daughter dies.

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