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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sonny's Blues.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what season do the events of The Rockpile take place?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

2. In Sonny's Blues, when did the teacher's daughter die?
(a) After her 2nd birthday.
(b) When he was 30.
(c) After her 3rd birthday.
(d) After Sonny went to prison.

3. What does Gabriel demand to know from his wife?
(a) Why Roy was playing on the rockpile.
(b) Why Roy was in the garden.
(c) Why Roy was playing in the treehouse.
(d) Why Roy was not at school.

4. Who's birthday does the outing fall close to this year?
(a) Sylvia's.
(b) Roy's.
(c) David's.
(d) John's.

5. What did Eric do when his father and Jamie talked in the memory he recalls in The Man Child?
(a) Went and had his first beer.
(b) Slept on the floor.
(c) Played in the basement.
(d) Played outside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What body part is Eric washing as Jamie comes up to him?

2. How does the teacher feel as he writes to his brother, Sonny?

3. How many days go by before Peter gets a visitor?

4. How does Gabriel tend to act with towards children?

5. What does Jamie do to Eric?

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