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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what is Sonny’s experience compared?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Skating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Sprinting.

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

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

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

5. On what day does Sonny invite the narrator to hear him play?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

6. On what avenue does the narrator live?
(a) St. Nicholas.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Lenox.

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

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

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

10. Which of the following songs is sung at the sidewalk revival?
(a) “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven.”
(b) “If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again!”
(c) “When I Hear My Children Pray.”
(d) “When They Ring Those Golden Bells.”

11. Which of the following does Sonny play with Creole?
(a) “Am I Blue?”
(b) “St. Louis Blues.”
(c) “Ain’t I a Man?”
(d) “Blue Monk.”

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

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

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

15. What adjective is applied to Isabel’s parents?
(a) Uppity.
(b) Milquetoast.
(c) Dicty.
(d) Siddity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Approximately how long a gap in performance history did Sonny have before taking the narrator to his performance?

3. Who rails at Sonny about truancy?

4. What instrument does Sonny determine to play?

5. From what does Grace die?

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