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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. What are the last words the narrator’s mother says to him in the story?
(a) “I love you, honey.”
(b) “Take care of yourself.”
(c) “Get on to her an’ make me some grandbabies!”
(d) “But you got to let him know you’s there.”

2. What subject does the narrator teach?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Trigonometry.
(c) Calculus.
(d) Geometry.

3. To which of the following does the narrator compare a student?
(a) Dog.
(b) Cat.
(c) Bird.
(d) Rat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What metal does the narrator associate with Sonny?

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

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

5. In which of the following had the narrator’s uncle worked?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. For what is Sonny arrested?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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