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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the teacher's daughter die?

2. Who was seen taking money from one of the girl's purses in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

3. In Come Out the Wilderness, who does Ruth's roommate tell her he is having lunch with?

4. Where does Sonny stay upon being released from prison?

5. Why has the narrator of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon been in a bad mood all day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mr. Davis.

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

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

4. What does the narrator realize at the end of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

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

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

7. How does the teacher react to Sonny's imprisonment?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the element of guilt in Sonny's Blues in the teacher, Sonny's friend, and the teacher's dad. What is significant about Sonny's lack of visible guilt?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and explain what drives the conflict of the story This Morning, This Evening, So Soon.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and explain how the narrator in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon is a reflection of Baldwin's own expatriate move to Paris during a time when blacks were treated very poorly in America.

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