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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 Previous Conditions, what does Peter realize after he has a few drinks in Harlem?
(a) He feels at home.
(b) He misses home.
(c) He wants to move to Harlem.
(d) He does not fit in there, either.

2. Where is Eric's sister?
(a) In Europe.
(b) In a grave.
(c) At boarding school.
(d) At college.

3. What does Gabriel's wife instruct John to pick up amidst Gabriel's rage?
(a) A baseball bat.
(b) Gabriel's lunch pail.
(c) A knife.
(d) A hammer.

4. In Sonny's Blues, what does the teacher wonder as he lies in his bed the first night Sonny is out of prison staying with him?
(a) If he could have prevented his brother from being in this situation.
(b) If his brother will use again.
(c) If he should search his room.
(d) If his brother really is clean.

5. In The Rockpile, what happens after the boy is hit in the head?
(a) He faints.
(b) His eye swells.
(c) His ear swells.
(d) He begins to bleed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ran away from Jamie according to Eric's memory?

2. Where do the boys go to speak to Sylvia for the first time in The Outing?

3. What did Sonny play night and day while the teacher was gone overseas in Sonny's Blues?

4. What have children been warned about in regards to what lies across the street from the Grimes' apartment?

5. Where did the teacher return from when his mother died?

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