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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Along what street do the narrator and Sonny travel?
(a) 110th.
(b) 116th.
(c) 128th.
(d) 122nd.

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

3. To which of the following does the narrator compare a student?
(a) Bird.
(b) Dog.
(c) Cat.
(d) Rat.

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

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

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

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

8. What song does the narrator remember his mother singing?
(a) “Lord, You Brought Me from a Long Ways Off.”
(b) “Go Tell It on the Mountain.”
(c) “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.”
(d) “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.”

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

10. At what level of school does the narrator teach?
(a) Elementary school.
(b) High school.
(c) College.
(d) Middle school.

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

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

13. How old is Sonny when his father dies?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the last words the narrator’s mother says to him in the story?

2. Along what avenue do the narrator and Sonny travel?

3. How old is the narrator when his father dies?

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

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

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