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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Sonny when his father dies?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

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

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

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

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

7. At what age had Sonny considered traveling abroad?
(a) 28.
(b) 21.
(c) 14.
(d) 7.

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

9. How much money does the narrator give Sonny’s old acquaintance?
(a) $1.
(b) $10.
(c) $2.
(d) $5.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the following does the narrator use as a term for drugs?

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

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