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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the brother become distracted by when he goes to play with his friends across the street?
(a) A drawing of a locomotive.
(b) A drawing of a treehouse.
(c) A drawing of a bird.
(d) A drawing of a ship.

2. How long has Peter had a relationship with his dinner date in Previous Conditions?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 2 months.
(c) Several years.
(d) Several months.

3. What is the item Gabriel's wife instructs John to pick up very close to?
(a) Gabriel's fist.
(b) The door.
(c) Gabriel's workboot.
(d) Gabriel's face.

4. When does the teacher write to his brother, Sonny?
(a) After their mother dies.
(b) After his brother's ex wife dies.
(c) After his own daughter dies.
(d) After he has a memory about his mother.

5. What does Brother Elisha go and get for Sylvia?
(a) A beer.
(b) Some fruit.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) A sandwich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Peter afraid of?

2. What does Jamie do to Eric?

3. In Sonny's Blues, who does the teacher run into after school one day?

4. In Previous Conditions, what does Peter realize after he has a few drinks in Harlem?

5. Who has an outing every summer in The Outing?

(see the answer key)

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