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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who feels guilty for encouraging Sonny to use drugs?
(a) Sonny's ex wife.
(b) The friend who the teacher runs into.
(c) The teacher.
(d) Sonny's mom.

2. What story does the teacher think about the first night Sonny stays with him?
(a) A story his mom told him after his father died.
(b) He and Sonny growing up.
(c) The first time he and his brother went to school.
(d) The first moment he realized his father was never coming back.

3. Where is the narrator moving from in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?
(a) Rome.
(b) China.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Paris.

4. What does the person the teacher runs into tell him about his brother, Sonny?
(a) That he needs a fix.
(b) The police will clean him up and release him.
(c) That his brother is wanted by some gang members.
(d) That he is sorry about his brother's arrest.

5. 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 leaving Paris.
(c) His fear of taking his son to America.
(d) His fear of losing his wife and kids.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the attitude of the white passengers change during the narrator's last trip to America in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

2. Why has the narrator of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon been in a bad mood all day?

3. How old was Jesse when he remembers his memory about his mother and father in Going to Meet the Man?

4. Who do the narrator and his friend meet in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

5. What does Jesse tell his wife about when he can't sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe where the narrator is from in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon.

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

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

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

5. What does the narrator not want his son to feel in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

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

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

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

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

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

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