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

2. What musician does Sonny applaud?
(a) Harry Carney.
(b) John Coltrane.
(c) Miles Davis.
(d) Charlie Parker.

3. To what is Sonny’s experience compared?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Sprinting.
(c) Skating.
(d) Sleeping.

4. Which instrument is played at the sidewalk revival?
(a) Harmonica.
(b) Mandolin.
(c) Melodica.
(d) Tambourine.

5. What instrument does Creole play?
(a) Drums.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Piano.
(d) Bass.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what does Grace die?

3. On what avenue does the narrator live?

4. Approximately how long a gap in performance history did Sonny have before taking the narrator to his performance?

5. What adjective is applied to Isabel’s parents?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Isabel realize that Sonny has left?

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

(see the answer keys)

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