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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator's son's name in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) Paxton.
(b) Paul.
(c) Pauley.
(d) Prince.

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

3. When did the attitude of the white passengers change during the narrator's last trip to America in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) It never changed.
(b) As they grew closer to America.
(c) It was always hostile.
(d) After they set sail.

4. What is Ruth's roommate in Come Out the Wilderness on the verge of?
(a) Cheating on Ruth.
(b) Leaving Ruth.
(c) Proposing to Ruth.
(d) Hurting Ruth.

5. In Going to Meet the Man, where did Jesse and his parents go before driving back home in Jesse's memory?
(a) Jesse's grandmas.
(b) Jesse's grandpas.
(c) A nearby town.
(d) The local diner.

6. In Come Out the Wilderness, how does Ruth feel about her roommate's suggestion?
(a) Unneeded.
(b) She has no defense should an affair happen.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Undesirable.

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

8. What was Jesse told to stop while he was working earlier that day?
(a) The protestors from protesting.
(b) People from screaming outside.
(c) Prisoners from yelling.
(d) The singers from singing.

9. What did Sonny play night and day while the teacher was gone overseas in Sonny's Blues?
(a) The piano.
(b) The bass guitar.
(c) The harmonica.
(d) The electric guitar.

10. Where were Jesse and his parents leaving from when his dad was singing the song that Jesse gets stuck in his head?
(a) The lake.
(b) Church.
(c) A picnic.
(d) The beach.

11. In Come Out the Wilderness, where does Ruth work ?
(a) An insurance company.
(b) A doctor's office.
(c) A school.
(d) A law firm.

12. Why was Jess not surprised by the kid he beat up?
(a) He had a defiant attitude, like Jesse did when he was growing up.
(b) His grandmother could not control him anymore.
(c) He was in a gang.
(d) He had been arrested 3 times before.

13. In This Morning, This Evening, So Soon what does the narrator confess to his director friend?
(a) His fear of losing his artistic creativity.
(b) His fear of losing his wife and kids.
(c) His fear of taking his son to America.
(d) His fear of leaving Paris.

14. What did Sonny want to join instead of finishing high school?
(a) The Army.
(b) The Marine Corp.
(c) The Army or Navy.
(d) The Peace Corp.

15. In Sonny's Blues, who does the teacher run into after school one day?
(a) His brother's friend.
(b) His sister.
(c) His brother.
(d) His brother's ex wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What offer does Ruth receive at work in Come Out the Wilderness?

3. What does Jesse want to see happen to the blacks in his community in Going to Meet the Man?

4. Where did the teacher's wife learn Sonny was not going, during his stay while the teacher was overseas?

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

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