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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following does Sonny play with Creole?
(a) “St. Louis Blues.”
(b) “Am I Blue?”
(c) “Blue Monk.”
(d) “Ain’t I a Man?”
2. How old is Grace when she dies?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.
3. Which instrument is played at the sidewalk revival?
(a) Tambourine.
(b) Mandolin.
(c) Harmonica.
(d) Melodica.
4. What musician does Sonny applaud?
(a) Charlie Parker.
(b) Harry Carney.
(c) Miles Davis.
(d) John Coltrane.
5. What color notebook does Sonny carry?
(a) Black.
(b) Orange.
(c) Green.
(d) Purple.
6. What drink is served to Sonny at the piano?
(a) Scotch and soda.
(b) White Russian.
(c) Scotch and milk.
(d) Bourbon, neat.
7. What instrument does the narrator initially think Sonny will play?
(a) Drums.
(b) Bass.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Piano.
8. On what day does Sonny invite the narrator to hear him play?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.
9. What instrument does Sonny determine to play?
(a) Bass.
(b) Piano.
(c) Drums.
(d) Guitar.
10. What adjective is applied to Isabel’s parents?
(a) Dicty.
(b) Milquetoast.
(c) Siddity.
(d) Uppity.
11. To what does the narrator compare Creole’s musicians?
(a) Geese.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Swans.
12. To what does the narrator compare the outside world?
(a) A bear.
(b) A dragon.
(c) A lion.
(d) A tiger.
13. Who rails at Sonny about truancy?
(a) Isabel's brother.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Isabel’s mother.
(d) Isabel's father.
14. What instrument does Creole play?
(a) Bass.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Drums.
(d) Piano.
15. To get away from what had Sonny first left Harlem?
(a) Mafiosi.
(b) Memories.
(c) Drugs.
(d) The narrator.
Short Answer Questions
1. Approximately how long a gap in performance history did Sonny have before taking the narrator to his performance?
2. Which of the following do the narrator and Sonny drink together?
3. In front of what kind of eatery is the sidewalk revival?
4. To what is Sonny’s experience compared?
5. On what avenue does the narrator live?
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