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

2. At what age had Sonny considered traveling abroad?
(a) 28.
(b) 14.
(c) 21.
(d) 7.

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

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

5. What are the last words the narrator’s mother says to him in the story?
(a) “I love you, honey.”
(b) “Take care of yourself.”
(c) “Get on to her an’ make me some grandbabies!”
(d) “But you got to let him know you’s there.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In which of the following had the narrator’s uncle worked?

3. What instrument does the narrator associate with Sunday afternoons with his parents?

4. How much money does the narrator give Sonny’s old acquaintance?

5. Which of the following does the narrator use as a term for drugs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. For what is Sonny arrested?

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

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

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

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