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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 9 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What metal does the narrator associate with Sonny?

2. To which of the following does the narrator compare a student?

3. In what branch of the military had the narrator served?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. For what is Sonny arrested?

2. What does the narrator note would happen on Sunday evenings with his parents when someone turned on a light?

3. Why does the narrator posit his students are full of rage?

4. Why had the narrator not known he had an uncle?

5. What are the narrator’s earliest memories of Sonny?

6. What outcome does Sonny’s old acquaintance foresee for him?

7. Why does the narrator note that Sonny and his father had not gotten along?

8. Why does the narrator note having taken up residence where he did?

9. Why does the narrator note being glad of Isabel’s presence when he brings Sonny home?

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