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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. Who did Jesse beat while he was at work earlier that day?

2. Where is the narrator moving from in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

3. Which of the following was NOT part of the torture the black man underwent in Jesse's memory from Going to Meet the Man?

4. In Come Out the Wilderness, who does Ruth's roommate tell her he is having lunch with?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sonny feel about using drugs after prison?

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

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

5. How does the teacher react to Sonny's imprisonment?

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

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

8. Describe Mr. Davis.

9. What was Jesse told to stop at work that day in Going to Meet the Man?

10. In Sonny's Blues, why did the teacher's mother tell Sonny the story about his uncle's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Eric's father to his best friend, Jamie, from The Man Child.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and explain how the narrator in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon is a reflection of Baldwin's own expatriate move to Paris during a time when blacks were treated very poorly in America.

Essay Topic 3

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

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