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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the narrator when his father dies?
(a) 20.
(b) 24.
(c) 26.
(d) 22.

2. Which of the following does the narrator use as a term for drugs?
(a) Mule.
(b) Horse.
(c) Zebra.
(d) Donkey.

3. What instrument does the narrator associate with Sunday afternoons with his parents?
(a) Harmonica.
(b) Tambourine.
(c) Mandolin.
(d) Melodica.

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

5. Which of the following does the narrator note reacts most favorably to Sonny’s arrival?
(a) Younger son.
(b) Himself.
(c) Elder son.
(d) Isabel.

6. To which of the following does the narrator compare Sonny’s childhood acquaintance?
(a) Dog.
(b) Rat.
(c) Bird.
(d) Cat.

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

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

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

10. Of which borough does the narrator think while talking with Sonny’s childhood acquaintance?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Queens.
(d) Staten Island.

11. What are the last words the narrator’s mother says to him in the story?
(a) “But you got to let him know you’s there.”
(b) “I love you, honey.”
(c) “Take care of yourself.”
(d) “Get on to her an’ make me some grandbabies!”

12. Which of the following does the narrator remark is near his home?
(a) Hedges.
(b) Meadows.
(c) Trees.
(d) Cacti.

13. Which of the following does the narrator note having thrown from rooftops?
(a) Washers.
(b) Horseshoes.
(c) Drywall nails.
(d) Tin cans.

14. Along what street do the narrator and Sonny travel?
(a) 110th.
(b) 128th.
(c) 122nd.
(d) 116th.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What metal does the narrator associate with Sonny?

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

3. How old is Sonny when his father dies?

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

5. In which of the following had the narrator’s uncle worked?

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