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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 did Eric's father tell Jamie to quit doing in Eric's memory?
(a) Drinking whisky.
(b) Torturing his cat.
(c) Eating.
(d) Torturing his dog.

2. In The Outing, what does Sylvia ask David?
(a) Why he is not saved.
(b) If he will kiss her.
(c) If he will go on a walk with her.
(d) Why she has never seen him before.

3. Who comes to Peter's door and insists on his evacuation from the apartment building?
(a) The girl across the hall.
(b) The landlady.
(c) Jules.
(d) No one.

4. How many days go by before Peter gets a visitor?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 1 day.

5. What is Peter afraid of?
(a) The dark.
(b) Being broken into.
(c) His landlady finding out about his stay.
(d) Being alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gabriel's wife supremely fearful of?

2. What race does Peter insist receives the worst discrimination?

3. Where does Eric's mom send him when he arrives home for supper?

4. Where did the teacher's wife learn Sonny was not going, during his stay while the teacher was overseas?

5. 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?

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