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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 9 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of the following had the narrator’s uncle worked?
(a) A mill.
(b) A barbershop.
(c) A foundry.
(d) A slaughterhouse.

2. What subject does the narrator teach?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Trigonometry.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Calculus.

3. How old is the narrator when his father dies?
(a) 20.
(b) 24.
(c) 26.
(d) 22.

4. What instrument had the narrator’s uncle played?
(a) Piano.
(b) Drums.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Bass.

5. Along what street do the narrator and Sonny travel?
(a) 116th.
(b) 122nd.
(c) 110th.
(d) 128th.

Short Answer Questions

1. Along what avenue do the narrator and Sonny travel?

2. At what age had Sonny considered traveling abroad?

3. Of which borough does the narrator think while talking with Sonny’s childhood acquaintance?

4. How many years older than Sonny is the narrator?

5. How old is Sonny when his father dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator note would happen on Sunday evenings with his parents when someone turned on a light?

2. Why does the narrator note being glad of Isabel’s presence when he brings Sonny home?

3. What are the narrator’s earliest memories of Sonny?

4. Why does the narrator note having taken up residence where he did?

5. What outcome does Sonny’s old acquaintance foresee for him?

6. For what is Sonny arrested?

7. Why does the narrator note that Sonny and his father had not gotten along?

8. Why had the narrator not known he had an uncle?

9. Why does the narrator posit his students are full of rage?

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