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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. What was the importance of the story the teacher's mom told him after his father died?

2. What suggestion does Ruth's roommate make to Ruth before he goes to lunch?

3. What does Ruth know her roommate is doing after he makes his suggestion to her in Come Out the Wilderness?

4. Why was Jess not surprised by the kid he beat up?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Going to Meet the Man, describe Jesse's memory from his childhood.

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

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

4. What does Ruth think about as she accepts her new job offer?

5. Describe the narrator's last night in Paris.

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

7. Who feels guilty about Sonny's drug use?

8. What does te narrator fear in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and explain why Eric from The Man Child is not a reliable character and how it affects the content of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and explain what Ruth from Come Out the Wilderness realizes about her relationships with the white men she has dated and why they all fail.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss how Peter's skin color is the previous condition in the story, Previous Condition.

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