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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who does Peter buy a drink for at the end of Previous Conditions?
(a) The bartender.
(b) Himself.
(c) The woman and her friend at the bar.
(d) The man across the bar.

3. Where does the boat arrive as the community scatters?
(a) Bird Mounatin.
(b) Squirell Mountain.
(c) Bear Trap.
(d) Bear Mountain.

4. Who was arrested for selling and using heroin in Sonny's Blues?
(a) Sonny, the teacher's brother.
(b) A black man.
(c) A black woman.
(d) The teacher in Harlem.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Brother Elisha go and get for Sylvia?

3. How did the teacher's daughter die?

4. When lunch begins, what does everyone eat out of in The Outing?

5. In Sonny's Blues, who does the teacher not attempt to contact at the beginning of the story?

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