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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. Who thanks the narrator for "showing other blacks it can be done" in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
2. How old is the narrator's son in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
3. Who does the narrator of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon watch at the beginning of the story?
4. What is the narrator's son's name in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
5. Where do the narrator and his friend go in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who feels guilty about Sonny's drug use?
2. What did Jesse see in his mother and father's face when he was 8 years old?
3. In Sonny's Blues, why did the teacher's mother tell Sonny the story about his uncle's death?
4. Describe why Jesse is not surprised to see who the protesters leader is?
5. Describe Ruth Bowman's living situation in Come Out the Wilderness.
6. Describe how the teacher's daughter dies.
7. What does the narrator not want his son to feel in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
8. What does the narrator realize at the end of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
9. In Going to Meet the Man, describe Jesse's memory from his childhood.
10. What was Jesse told to stop at work that day in Going to Meet the Man?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss how Peter's skin color is the previous condition in the story, Previous Condition.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss and explain how the narrator's emphasis on his sister's heritage of the American south from This Morning, This Evening, So Soon foreshadows the narrator's contempt and disdain for the country.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Sonny's association of drug use to better artistic performance in Sonny's Blues and how this idea is a generally accepted and viewed opinion by considering other famous artists.
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