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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pgs 26-30 (beg. "Safe!").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color of dress does the narrator associate with his mother?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

2. Along what avenue do the narrator and Sonny travel?
(a) Madison.
(b) Park.
(c) Lexington.
(d) Lenox.

3. In what season does the story begin?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

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

5. What subject does the narrator teach?
(a) Trigonometry.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Calculus.
(d) Algebra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator note having thrown from rooftops?

2. What are the last words the narrator’s mother says to him in the story?

3. What instrument does the narrator associate with Sunday afternoons with his parents?

4. Of which borough does the narrator think while talking with Sonny’s childhood acquaintance?

5. What song does the narrator remember his mother singing?

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