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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pgs 37-44 (beg. "One Saturday afternoon").

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following songs is sung at the sidewalk revival?
(a) “When I Hear My Children Pray.”
(b) “When They Ring Those Golden Bells.”
(c) “If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again!”
(d) “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven.”

3. Of which borough does the narrator think while talking with Sonny’s childhood acquaintance?
(a) Queens.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) The Bronx.

4. In what season does the story begin?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

5. How many years older than Sonny is the narrator?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Grace when she dies?

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

3. Who rails at Sonny about truancy?

4. What musician does Sonny disparage?

5. What instrument does the narrator associate with Sunday afternoons with his parents?

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