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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 note having thrown from rooftops?
(a) Washers.
(b) Tin cans.
(c) Drywall nails.
(d) Horseshoes.

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

3. In what branch of the military had the narrator served?
(a) Air Force.
(b) Marines.
(c) Navy.
(d) Army.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does the narrator note having thrown from rooftops?

3. To which of the following does the narrator compare Sonny’s childhood acquaintance?

4. How old is Sonny when his father dies?

5. At what age had Sonny considered traveling abroad?

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 having taken up residence where he did?

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

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

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

6. For what is Sonny arrested?

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

(see the answer keys)

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