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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. When does the teacher write to his brother, Sonny?
(a) After their mother dies.
(b) After his brother's ex wife dies.
(c) After he has a memory about his mother.
(d) After his own daughter dies.

2. What story does the teacher think about the first night Sonny stays with him?
(a) He and Sonny growing up.
(b) The first time he and his brother went to school.
(c) A story his mom told him after his father died.
(d) The first moment he realized his father was never coming back.

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

4. Who thanks the narrator for "showing other blacks it can be done" in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) Ruth Ann.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Renee.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the teacher's daughter die?

3. When did the attitude of the white passengers change during the narrator's last trip to America in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

4. What is the narrator's son's name in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happened to the teacher's uncle and why is it significant?

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

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

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