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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. Which of the following does Sonny play with Creole?
(a) “Ain’t I a Man?”
(b) “St. Louis Blues.”
(c) “Blue Monk.”
(d) “Am I Blue?”

2. What musician does Sonny disparage?
(a) Glenn Miller.
(b) Count Basie.
(c) Louis Armstrong.
(d) Duke Ellington.

3. What message does the narrator posit Creole has for Sonny?
(a) Godspeed.
(b) Back off.
(c) It will be alright.
(d) Slide to the left.

4. On what day does Sonny invite the narrator to hear him play?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Sunday.

5. Which of the following songs is sung at the sidewalk revival?
(a) “God Be with You till We Meet Again.”
(b) “Dear to the Heart of the Shepherd.”
(c) “For the Beauty of the Earth.”
(d) “More Holiness Give Me.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What drink is served to Sonny at the piano?

2. To what does the narrator compare the outside world?

3. To what does the narrator compare Creole’s musicians?

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

5. What musician does Sonny applaud?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Isabel realize that Sonny has left?

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

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

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

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

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

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