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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the teacher in Harlem reading at the beginning of Sonny's Blues?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) A TV report.
(c) The cereal box.
(d) A magazine.

2. In Sonny's Blues, who does the teacher not attempt to contact at the beginning of the story?
(a) His brother, Sonny.
(b) His dad.
(c) His brother's ex wife.
(d) His mom.

3. What common bond do Ruth and Mr. Davis have?
(a) Being avoided.
(b) Being rich.
(c) Growing up in the American South.
(d) Being looked over.

4. Who calls Ruth before her roommate does in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) Her boss.
(b) Mr. Davis.
(c) Another secretary.
(d) No one.

5. What government service to Sonny end up joining?
(a) The Army.
(b) The Air Force.
(c) The Peace Corp.
(d) The Navy.

6. When does the teacher write to his brother, Sonny?
(a) After their mother dies.
(b) After his own daughter dies.
(c) After he has a memory about his mother.
(d) After his brother's ex wife dies.

7. What does the narrator worry no one understands in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) His fear of rejection.
(b) His passion for Paris.
(c) His fear of discrimination.
(d) The kind of country America is.

8. Who takes Ruth to lunch in Come Out the Wilderness?
(a) The secretaries.
(b) Ruth's roommate.
(c) Mr. Davis.
(d) Ruth's mom.

9. What does Ruth wonder about her coworkers?
(a) What they think about African Americans in general.
(b) What they would do if Mr. Davis asked them out.
(c) What they think about her.
(d) What they would think if they knew about her and her roommate.

10. What does Sonny say heroin does for his artistic creativity?
(a) Makes him sing better.
(b) Makes him feel more alive.
(c) Makes him connect to the music more easily.
(d) Makes him play better.

11. Where does the narrator take his son in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) To the nanny's apartment.
(b) To his mom.
(c) Downstairs to the babysitter.
(d) To daycare.

12. Who thanks the narrator for "showing other blacks it can be done" in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) Ruth Ann.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Renee.

13. What does Jesse's wife tell him to do at the start of Going to Meet the Man?
(a) To turn on the AC.
(b) To go make a sandwich.
(c) To go to sleep.
(d) To go outside.

14. Where does Sonny stay upon being released from prison?
(a) Back to selling and using drugs.
(b) To his brother's house in Harlem.
(c) To the streets.
(d) To a halfway house.

15. How did the teacher's uncle die in Sonny's Blues?
(a) He was hit by a car.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He had cancer.
(d) He froze to death.

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

3. Where did the teacher return from when his mother died?

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

5. Where do the narrator and his friend go in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

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