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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What musician does Sonny disparage?
(a) Count Basie.
(b) Duke Ellington.
(c) Glenn Miller.
(d) Louis Armstrong.
2. Approximately how long a gap in performance history did Sonny have before taking the narrator to his performance?
(a) A decade.
(b) A week.
(c) A month.
(d) A year.
3. In what season does Grace die?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.
4. To what does the narrator compare the outside world?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A bear.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A lion.
5. From where does Sonny send mail to the narrator?
(a) Italy.
(b) Greece.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.
6. To what does the narrator compare Creole’s musicians?
(a) Swans.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Geese.
7. Which of the following does Sonny play with Creole?
(a) “St. Louis Blues.”
(b) “Am I Blue?”
(c) “Ain’t I a Man?”
(d) “Blue Monk.”
8. Which instrument is played at the sidewalk revival?
(a) Mandolin.
(b) Melodica.
(c) Harmonica.
(d) Tambourine.
9. In what branch of the military had Sonny served?
(a) Air Force.
(b) Navy.
(c) Marines.
(d) Army.
10. What musician does Sonny applaud?
(a) John Coltrane.
(b) Charlie Parker.
(c) Miles Davis.
(d) Harry Carney.
11. Which of the following songs is sung at the sidewalk revival?
(a) “Dear to the Heart of the Shepherd.”
(b) “God Be with You till We Meet Again.”
(c) “More Holiness Give Me.”
(d) “For the Beauty of the Earth.”
12. On what avenue does the narrator live?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Lenox.
(c) Seventh.
(d) St. Nicholas.
13. Which of the following songs is sung at the sidewalk revival?
(a) “When I Hear My Children Pray.”
(b) “If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again!”
(c) “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven.”
(d) “When They Ring Those Golden Bells.”
14. What instrument does the narrator initially think Sonny will play?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Drums.
(c) Piano.
(d) Bass.
15. On what does Sonny purpose to rely for education?
(a) Pell Grants.
(b) High School.
(c) Stafford Loans.
(d) GI Bill.
Short Answer Questions
1. What instrument does Creole play?
2. To get away from what had Sonny first left Harlem?
3. From what does Grace die?
4. Who rails at Sonny about truancy?
5. To what is Sonny’s experience compared?
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