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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) Horseshoes.
(d) Drywall nails.

2. 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.

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

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

5. How old is Sonny when his father dies?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At what age had Sonny considered traveling abroad?

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

5. What subject does the narrator teach?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. For what is Sonny arrested?

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

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

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

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