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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 Come Out the Wilderness, who does Ruth's roommate tell her he is having lunch with?
(a) A co-worker.
(b) A friend.
(c) A model.
(d) A client.

2. In Going to Meet the Man, who did the person Jesse beat up turn out to be related to?
(a) A woman he used to live next to.
(b) A woman he used to collect money from.
(c) A woman he used to take money to.
(d) A woman he used to work for.

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

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

5. In Sonny's Blues, what does the teacher wonder as he lies in his bed the first night Sonny is out of prison staying with him?
(a) If he should search his room.
(b) If he could have prevented his brother from being in this situation.
(c) If his brother really is clean.
(d) If his brother will use again.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the teacher's uncle die in Sonny's Blues?

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

4. What does Ruth suspect about her roommate in Come Out the Wilderness?

5. Who did the teacher leave Sonny with while he returned to service overseas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe what Ruth says to the narrator in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon.

6. Describe where the narrator currently lives 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 happened the last time the narrator went to America in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

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

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

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