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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. What was Jesse told to stop while he was working earlier that day?

3. Who takes Ruth to lunch in Come Out the Wilderness?

4. Who is the other black employee at Ruth's work?

5. What common bond do Ruth and Mr. Davis have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mr. Davis.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happened the last time the narrator went to America in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and detail how the setting of Previous Condition is particularly important to the events that take place in the story.

Essay Topic 2

Describe and explain why Eric from The Man Child is not a reliable character and how it affects the content of the story.

Essay Topic 3

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

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