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

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

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

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

5. Which of the following does the narrator use as a term for drugs?
(a) Smack.
(b) Dope.
(c) Good-good.
(d) Ease.

Short Answer Questions

1. What metal does the narrator associate with Sonny?

2. Which of the following does the narrator note reacts most favorably to Sonny’s arrival?

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

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

5. How old is the narrator when his father dies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. For what is Sonny arrested?

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

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