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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pgs 37-44 (beg. "One Saturday afternoon").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What musician does Sonny applaud?
(a) Harry Carney.
(b) Miles Davis.
(c) Charlie Parker.
(d) John Coltrane.

2. Which of the following does the narrator use as a term for drugs?
(a) Smack.
(b) Dope.
(c) Good-good.
(d) Ease.

3. At what level of school does the narrator teach?
(a) Middle school.
(b) High school.
(c) College.
(d) Elementary school.

4. What song does the narrator remember his mother singing?
(a) “Go Tell It on the Mountain.”
(b) “Lord, You Brought Me from a Long Ways Off.”
(c) “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.”
(d) “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.”

5. On what does Sonny purpose to rely for education?
(a) Pell Grants.
(b) Stafford Loans.
(c) High School.
(d) GI Bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does the narrator compare a student?

2. Which of the following does the narrator note reacts most favorably to Sonny’s arrival?

3. What instrument does Sonny determine to play?

4. Which instrument is played at the sidewalk revival?

5. Along what avenue do the narrator and Sonny travel?

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