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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. What was the importance of the story the teacher's mom told him after his father died?

2. How old is the narrator's son in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

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

4. What is Ruth reluctant to tell Mr. Davis in Come Out the Wilderness?

5. Who does Ruth listen to talk about her boss in Come Out the Wilderness?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how the teacher's daughter dies.

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

4. What was Jesse told to stop at work that day in Going to Meet the Man?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Analyze and explain what Baldwin suggests about friendship in The Man Child with Eric's father and Jamie.

Essay Topic 3

Thinking of The Rockpile describe and explain the element and importance of rebellion in the story.

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