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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. To get away from what had Sonny first left Harlem?
(a) Mafiosi.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Memories.

2. How old is Grace when she dies?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

4. On what does Sonny purpose to rely for education?
(a) Pell Grants.
(b) Stafford Loans.
(c) High School.
(d) GI Bill.

5. Approximately how long a gap in performance history did Sonny have before taking the narrator to his performance?
(a) A year.
(b) A month.
(c) A decade.
(d) A week.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season does Grace die?

2. Which of the following songs is sung at the sidewalk revival?

3. Who rails at Sonny about truancy?

4. What instrument does Sonny determine to play?

5. To what is Sonny’s experience compared?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Isabel realize that Sonny has left?

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

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

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

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

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