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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 use as a term for drugs?
(a) Good-good.
(b) Ease.
(c) Smack.
(d) Dope.

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

3. To which of the following does the narrator compare Sonny’s childhood acquaintance?
(a) Bird.
(b) Cat.
(c) Rat.
(d) Dog.

4. Which of the following does the narrator note reacts most favorably to Sonny’s arrival?
(a) Himself.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Elder son.
(d) Younger son.

5. What metal does the narrator associate with Sonny?
(a) Copper.
(b) Gold.
(c) Iron.
(d) Bronze.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How old is Sonny when his father dies?

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

5. Along what street do the narrator and Sonny travel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. For what is Sonny arrested?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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