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

2. How did the teacher's daughter die?
(a) A car accident.
(b) From a heat stroke.
(c) From polio.
(d) From cancer.

3. Where did the teacher's wife learn Sonny was not going, during his stay while the teacher was overseas?
(a) His homework.
(b) Going to school.
(c) Taking tests.
(d) Eating.

4. When do the actions of Previous Conditions most likely take place?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1950s or 60s.
(c) The 1930s or 40s.
(d) The 1970s.

5. Where does Peter go to in Harlem?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A black jazz club.
(c) A black bar.
(d) A black diner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Eric's mom recently been in the hospital?

2. What is Eric doing at the beginning of The Man Child?

3. Who goes to intercept Gabriel as he comes home in The Rockpile?

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

5. What does Gabriel's wife instruct John to pick up amidst Gabriel's rage?

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