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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does Sonny determine to play?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Piano.
(c) Drums.
(d) Bass.

2. What color notebook does Sonny carry?
(a) Black.
(b) Orange.
(c) Purple.
(d) Green.

3. To what does the narrator compare the outside world?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A dragon.
(c) A bear.
(d) A lion.

4. Which of the following do the narrator and Sonny drink together?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Beer.
(c) Tea.
(d) Wine.

5. To which of the following does the narrator compare the drummer?
(a) A lighthouse.
(b) A foghorn.
(c) A signpost.
(d) A buoy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Grace when she dies?

2. What musician does Sonny applaud?

3. In what season does Grace die?

4. To what is Sonny’s experience compared?

5. On what does Sonny purpose to rely for education?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sonny make a point of smoking in front of the narrator after his mother’s death?

2. What effect does the narrator notice the sidewalk revival has on its attendees?

3. What revelation does Sonny report from listening to the sidewalk revival?

4. Why does the narrator posit that passers-by doubt the holiness of those conducting the sidewalk revival?

5. How does Isabel realize that Sonny has left?

6. What effect does Grace’s death have on Isabel?

7. How does the narrator depict the performer’s experience of music?

8. Why does the narrator express misgivings about Sonny going into music?

9. How does the narrator depict the common experience of hearing music?

10. What does the narrator perceive Creole asserting “the blues were all about” (47)?

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