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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. Where were Jesse and his parents leaving from when his dad was singing the song that Jesse gets stuck in his head?

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

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

4. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon where does the narrator promise to take his son before they leave for America?

5. Who feels guilty for encouraging Sonny to use drugs?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Ruth's work situation in Come Out the Wilderness.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and explain what Baldwin suggests about a black woman's personal needs and also her placement in society in his story Come Out the Wilderness.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Considering The Outing, discuss what Baldwin suggests about homosexuality and religious purity.

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