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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective is applied to Isabel’s parents?
(a) Dicty.
(b) Milquetoast.
(c) Uppity.
(d) Siddity.

2. What instrument does the narrator initially think Sonny will play?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Bass.
(c) Drums.
(d) Piano.

3. What instrument does Sonny determine to play?
(a) Piano.
(b) Drums.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Bass.

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

5. From where does Sonny send mail to the narrator?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Greece.
(d) Spain.

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

7. How old is Grace when she dies?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

8. On what day does Sonny invite the narrator to hear him play?
(a) Friday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Sunday.

9. To which of the following does the narrator compare the drummer?
(a) A buoy.
(b) A foghorn.
(c) A signpost.
(d) A lighthouse.

10. What musician does Sonny disparage?
(a) Glenn Miller.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) Count Basie.
(d) Duke Ellington.

11. Approximately how long a gap in performance history did Sonny have before taking the narrator to his performance?
(a) A decade.
(b) A week.
(c) A year.
(d) A month.

12. On what avenue does the narrator live?
(a) Lenox.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Seventh.
(d) St. Nicholas.

13. What drink is served to Sonny at the piano?
(a) White Russian.
(b) Scotch and soda.
(c) Scotch and milk.
(d) Bourbon, neat.

14. Which of the following do the narrator and Sonny drink together?
(a) Tea.
(b) Beer.
(c) Wine.
(d) Coffee.

15. From what does Grace die?
(a) Meningitis.
(b) Measles.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Polio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rails at Sonny about truancy?

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

3. Which of the following does Sonny play with Creole?

4. In front of what kind of eatery is the sidewalk revival?

5. What message does the narrator posit Creole has for Sonny?

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