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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 suggestion does Ruth's roommate make to Ruth before he goes to lunch?
(a) That he cheated on her.
(b) That he wants a break.
(c) That he may have to have an affair to boost his career.
(d) That he replaced her with another roommate.

2. Where were Jesse and his parents leaving from when his dad was singing the song that Jesse gets stuck in his head?
(a) A picnic.
(b) The lake.
(c) Church.
(d) The beach.

3. Who was seen taking money from one of the girl's purses in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) Button.
(b) Baloona.
(c) Boon.
(d) Boona.

4. How did the teacher's daughter die?
(a) A car accident.
(b) From cancer.
(c) From polio.
(d) From a heat stroke.

5. How does the teacher feel as he writes to his brother, Sonny?
(a) Calm and stable.
(b) Guilty for not having written before.
(c) Sad and desperate.
(d) Responsible for his brother's failures.

Short Answer Questions

1. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon what does the narrator confess to his director friend?

2. In Going to Meet the Man, what is unfortunate about the blacks in Jesse's town according to Jesse?

3. In Come Out the Wilderness, how does Ruth feel about her roommate's suggestion?

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

5. In Sonny's Blues, who does the teacher run into after school one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ruth Bowman's living situation in Come Out the Wilderness.

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

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

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

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

6. What does the narrator not want his son to feel in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

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

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

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

10. Describe how the teacher's daughter dies.

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