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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 did the teacher leave Sonny with while he returned to service overseas?

2. In Going to Meet the Man, what does the memory of the black man being tortured and killed enable Jesse to do?

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

4. In Going to Meet the Man, what is unfortunate about the blacks in Jesse's town according to Jesse?

5. Who is the narrator of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon afraid for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe how the teacher's daughter dies.

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

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

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

9. How does Sonny feel about using drugs after prison?

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

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

Explain and discuss the significance of why the teacher in Sonny's Blues writes to his brother in prison after his daughter's death and not before.

Essay Topic 3

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

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