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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) Good-good.
(b) Dope.
(c) Smack.
(d) Ease.

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

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

4. To which of the following does the narrator compare a student?
(a) Bird.
(b) Rat.
(c) Cat.
(d) Dog.

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

6. What metal does the narrator associate with Sonny?
(a) Gold.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Copper.
(d) Iron.

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

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

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

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

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

12. In what branch of the military had the narrator served?
(a) Air Force.
(b) Army.
(c) Marines.
(d) Navy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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