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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. What color of dress does the narrator associate with his mother?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

2. What song does the narrator remember his mother singing?
(a) “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.”
(b) “Lord, You Brought Me from a Long Ways Off.”
(c) “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.”
(d) “Go Tell It on the Mountain.”

3. Which of the following does the narrator note having thrown from rooftops?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Bricks.
(d) Tomatoes.

4. What instrument does the narrator associate with Sunday afternoons with his parents?
(a) Tambourine.
(b) Mandolin.
(c) Harmonica.
(d) Melodica.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does the narrator compare a student?

2. In what branch of the military had the narrator served?

3. What metal does the narrator associate with Sonny?

4. What are the last words the narrator’s mother says to him in the story?

5. How old is the narrator when his father dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what is Sonny arrested?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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