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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color of dress does the narrator associate with his mother?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

2. In what branch of the military had the narrator served?
(a) Air Force.
(b) Army.
(c) Navy.
(d) Marines.

3. At what age had Sonny considered traveling abroad?
(a) 28.
(b) 7.
(c) 14.
(d) 21.

4. Which of the following does the narrator use as a term for drugs?
(a) Ease.
(b) Good-good.
(c) Dope.
(d) Smack.

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

6. What metal does the narrator associate with Sonny?
(a) Gold.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Copper.
(d) Iron.

7. What instrument had the narrator’s uncle played?
(a) Bass.
(b) Drums.
(c) Piano.
(d) Guitar.

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

9. In which of the following had the narrator’s uncle worked?
(a) A barbershop.
(b) A mill.
(c) A slaughterhouse.
(d) A foundry.

10. Which of the following does the narrator remark is near his home?
(a) Meadows.
(b) Hedges.
(c) Trees.
(d) Cacti.

11. What are the last words the narrator’s mother says to him in the story?
(a) “Get on to her an’ make me some grandbabies!”
(b) “Take care of yourself.”
(c) “I love you, honey.”
(d) “But you got to let him know you’s there.”

12. Which of the following does the narrator note reacts most favorably to Sonny’s arrival?
(a) Himself.
(b) Elder son.
(c) Isabel.
(d) Younger son.

13. What subject does the narrator teach?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Trigonometry.
(d) Calculus.

14. How old is the narrator when his father dies?
(a) 26.
(b) 22.
(c) 24.
(d) 20.

15. How much money does the narrator give Sonny’s old acquaintance?
(a) $5.
(b) $10.
(c) $1.
(d) $2.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what level of school does the narrator teach?

2. What song does the narrator remember his mother singing?

3. Which of the following does the narrator note having thrown from rooftops?

4. To which of the following does the narrator compare Sonny’s childhood acquaintance?

5. Along what street do the narrator and Sonny travel?

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