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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What drink is served to Sonny at the piano?
(a) Scotch and milk.
(b) White Russian.
(c) Bourbon, neat.
(d) Scotch and soda.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. To which of the following does the narrator compare the drummer?
(a) A buoy.
(b) A lighthouse.
(c) A signpost.
(d) A foghorn.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective is applied to Isabel’s parents?

2. In front of what kind of eatery is the sidewalk revival?

3. Who rails at Sonny about truancy?

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

5. From what does Grace die?

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