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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 old was Jesse when he remembers his memory about his mother and father in Going to Meet the Man?

2. Why is burning the black race in his community unacceptable to Jesse in Going to Meet the Man?

3. How does the teacher feel as he writes to his brother, Sonny?

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

5. What story does the teacher think about the first night Sonny stays with him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Gabriel Grimes from The Rockpile and The Outing is a hypocritical man.

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss why the narrator in This Morning, This Evening So Soon fears his son's move to America. What happened to the narrator that personally makes him feel such fear for his child?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and explain what Ruth from Come Out the Wilderness realizes about her relationships with the white men she has dated and why they all fail.

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