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

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

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

4. Which of the following does the narrator note having thrown from rooftops?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Bricks.
(d) Potatoes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the narrator give Sonny’s old acquaintance?

2. At what age had Sonny considered traveling abroad?

3. What subject does the narrator teach?

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

5. What color of dress does the narrator associate with his mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what is Sonny arrested?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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