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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. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon what does the narrator confess to his director friend?
(a) His fear of leaving Paris.
(b) His fear of losing his wife and kids.
(c) His fear of losing his artistic creativity.
(d) His fear of taking his son to America.

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

3. What government service to Sonny end up joining?
(a) The Peace Corp.
(b) The Air Force.
(c) The Army.
(d) The Navy.

4. Where is the narrator's sister from in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) The American East.
(b) The American South.
(c) The American West.
(d) The American North.

5. What is the narrator's son's name in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) Pauley.
(b) Prince.
(c) Paul.
(d) Paxton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Jess not surprised by the kid he beat up?

3. In Going to Meet the Man, who did the person Jesse beat up turn out to be related to?

4. What was Jesse told to stop while he was working earlier that day?

5. Where is Jesse lying at the beginning of Going to Meet the Man?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Going to Meet the Man, what does the memory of 8 year old Jesse allow him to do as an adult?

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