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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. What metal does the narrator associate with Sonny?
(a) Copper.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Gold.
(d) Iron.
2. Of which borough does the narrator think while talking with Sonny’s childhood acquaintance?
(a) Queens.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Brooklyn.
3. Which of the following does the narrator note having thrown from rooftops?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Bricks.
4. 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.”
5. At what age had Sonny considered traveling abroad?
(a) 14.
(b) 21.
(c) 7.
(d) 28.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following does the narrator remark is near his home?
2. In what season does the story begin?
3. How much money does the narrator give Sonny’s old acquaintance?
4. Along what avenue do the narrator and Sonny travel?
5. To which of the following does the narrator compare a student?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the narrator note being glad of Isabel’s presence when he brings Sonny home?
2. What are the narrator’s earliest memories of Sonny?
3. For what is Sonny arrested?
4. What does the narrator note would happen on Sunday evenings with his parents when someone turned on a light?
5. Why does the narrator note that Sonny and his father had not gotten along?
6. Why does the narrator note having taken up residence where he did?
7. What outcome does Sonny’s old acquaintance foresee for him?
8. Why had the narrator not known he had an uncle?
9. Why does the narrator posit his students are full of rage?
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