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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pgs 30-37 (beg. "Two days later").

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many years older than Sonny is the narrator?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

5. What musician does Sonny disparage?
(a) Glenn Miller.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) Duke Ellington.
(d) Count Basie.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what branch of the military had the narrator served?

2. What metal does the narrator associate with Sonny?

3. How much money does the narrator give Sonny’s old acquaintance?

4. What instrument had the narrator’s uncle played?

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

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