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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 do the narrator and Sonny drink together?
(a) Tea.
(b) Wine.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Beer.

2. In what season does Grace die?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

3. What musician does Sonny disparage?
(a) Glenn Miller.
(b) Duke Ellington.
(c) Count Basie.
(d) Louis Armstrong.

4. How old is Grace when she dies?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. 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.”

6. What instrument does Creole play?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Drums.
(c) Bass.
(d) Piano.

7. Which of the following songs is sung at the sidewalk revival?
(a) “Dear to the Heart of the Shepherd.”
(b) “For the Beauty of the Earth.”
(c) “More Holiness Give Me.”
(d) “God Be with You till We Meet Again.”

8. What instrument does Sonny determine to play?
(a) Bass.
(b) Drums.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Piano.

9. What message does the narrator posit Creole has for Sonny?
(a) Slide to the left.
(b) It will be alright.
(c) Godspeed.
(d) Back off.

10. To what does the narrator compare Creole’s musicians?
(a) Ducks.
(b) Swans.
(c) Geese.
(d) Chickens.

11. On what does Sonny purpose to rely for education?
(a) Pell Grants.
(b) GI Bill.
(c) High School.
(d) Stafford Loans.

12. Which instrument is played at the sidewalk revival?
(a) Tambourine.
(b) Melodica.
(c) Mandolin.
(d) Harmonica.

13. From where does Sonny send mail to the narrator?
(a) Spain.
(b) Greece.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

14. To get away from what had Sonny first left Harlem?
(a) Mafiosi.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Memories.
(d) The narrator.

15. What musician does Sonny applaud?
(a) John Coltrane.
(b) Harry Carney.
(c) Charlie Parker.
(d) Miles Davis.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day does Sonny invite the narrator to hear him play?

2. To what does the narrator compare the outside world?

3. To which of the following does the narrator compare the drummer?

4. On what avenue does the narrator live?

5. In what branch of the military had Sonny served?

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