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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. Why is Jesse frustrated at the start of Going to Meet the Man?

2. What does Jesse's wife tell him to do at the start of Going to Meet the Man?

3. Who was seen taking money from one of the girl's purses in This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

4. What was Jesse told to stop while he was working earlier that day?

5. Who takes Ruth to lunch in Come Out the Wilderness?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the narrator realize at the end of This Morning, This Evening, So Soon?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe how the teacher's daughter dies.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Sonny's association of drug use to better artistic performance in Sonny's Blues and how this idea is a generally accepted and viewed opinion by considering other famous artists.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and explain how the narrator's emphasis on his sister's heritage of the American south from This Morning, This Evening, So Soon foreshadows the narrator's contempt and disdain for the country.

Essay Topic 3

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

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