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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) Drums.
(b) Bass.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Piano.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What instrument does the narrator initially think Sonny will play?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Piano.
(c) Bass.
(d) Drums.

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

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

12. What color notebook does Sonny carry?
(a) Purple.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Orange.

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

14. To what does the narrator compare the outside world?
(a) A dragon.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A lion.
(d) A bear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Grace when she dies?

2. Which of the following songs is sung at the sidewalk revival?

3. To what does the narrator compare Creole’s musicians?

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

5. From what does Grace die?

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