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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. Which of the following does the narrator remark is near his home?
(a) Meadows.
(b) Cacti.
(c) Trees.
(d) Hedges.

2. In what season does the story begin?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

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

4. How much money does the narrator give Sonny’s old acquaintance?
(a) $2.
(b) $1.
(c) $5.
(d) $10.

5. Along what avenue do the narrator and Sonny travel?
(a) Lexington.
(b) Lenox.
(c) Park.
(d) Madison.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Sonny when his father dies?

3. At what level of school does the narrator teach?

4. What metal does the narrator associate with Sonny?

5. What instrument had the narrator’s uncle played?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. For what is Sonny arrested?

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

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