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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following does the narrator note having thrown from rooftops?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Bricks.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age had Sonny considered traveling abroad?

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

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

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

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

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