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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. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon who does the narrator ask to join him and his party of friends?

2. What does the narrator worry no one understands in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

3. What did Sonny want to join instead of finishing high school?

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

5. What does Ruth wonder about her coworkers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe why Jesse is not surprised to see who the protesters leader is?

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

7. Describe where the narrator is from in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon.

8. Describe Mr. Davis.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze all of the stories in Baldwin's novel, "Going to Meet the Man" and discuss the common theme that exists in each story by considering settings, characters and events that take place.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe and explain what Baldwin suggests about a black woman's personal needs and also her placement in society in his story Come Out the Wilderness.

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