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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) Dope.
(b) Smack.
(c) Ease.
(d) Good-good.

2. How much money does the narrator give Sonny’s old acquaintance?
(a) $2.
(b) $5.
(c) $1.
(d) $10.

3. In what branch of the military had the narrator served?
(a) Navy.
(b) Army.
(c) Marines.
(d) Air Force.

4. Which of the following does the narrator note having thrown from rooftops?
(a) Drywall nails.
(b) Washers.
(c) Tin cans.
(d) Horseshoes.

5. What instrument had the narrator’s uncle played?
(a) Bass.
(b) Piano.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Drums.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What song does the narrator remember his mother singing?

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

5. In what season does the story begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. For what is Sonny arrested?

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

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

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