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

2. Which of the following does the narrator use as a term for drugs?
(a) Donkey.
(b) Mule.
(c) Horse.
(d) Zebra.

3. 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.

4. At what level of school does the narrator teach?
(a) Elementary school.
(b) Middle school.
(c) College.
(d) High school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season does the story begin?

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

3. What color of dress does the narrator associate with his mother?

4. How many years older than Sonny is the narrator?

5. What instrument had the narrator’s uncle played?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. For what is Sonny arrested?

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

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

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

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

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

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