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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 what did the narrator find himself face to face with in New York?

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

3. In Sonny's Blues, who does the teacher not attempt to contact at the beginning of the story?

4. What did Sonny tell the teacher he wanted to be when he returned home after their mother died?

5. What does Ruth wonder about her coworkers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Mr. Davis.

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

4. What does Ruth realize at the end of Come Out the Wilderness?

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

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

7. Describe how the teacher's daughter dies.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and explain how the narrator's emphasis on his sister's heritage of the American south from This Morning, This Evening, So Soon foreshadows the narrator's contempt and disdain for the country.

Essay Topic 3

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

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